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heads, one being the actual ' record.' Till Mr. Hume made 

 his collection shou heads were very rare in Europe, and even 

 now they are much thought of even in the neighbourhood 

 of their own country. Other species in the collection include 

 the hangul of Kashmir, the sambar, the chital or spotted 

 deer, and the barasingh of the plains of India, the thamin 

 of Burma, remarkable for the unique form of its antlers, 

 and the Yarkand stag, which is the more valuable on 

 account of the circumstance that examples of this deer 

 have been difficult to obtain since the Chinese occupation 

 of the country." 



The following Table exhibits the position occupied by 

 the finest heads in the bequest in Mr. Kowland Ward's 

 ' Eecords of Big Game,' ed. 6, 1910 : 



In addition to the specimens comprised in the bequest 

 -105 in number the present Catalogue includes two of 



