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suag of the one-year-old "Brocket" to the large many-tined 

 antlers of the "Royal Hart/' as the fully adult Red Deer is 

 generally called. These differences in the development of the 

 antlers are also those of species as well as of age, some of the Deer 

 never having more complex horns than a young Red Deer, while 

 others have no antlers at any age. 



The series of separate antlers is placed on the tops of the Cases 

 all round the Gallery. 



The following Deer may be specially mentioned : 

 The Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) , formerly ranging over the 

 greater part of Europe, is now found only in the northern regions 

 of both the Old and New Worlds. It is the only member of the 

 family in which both the male and female have antlers ; and these 

 also are peculiar in not being quite alike on the two sides, the 

 great pal mated brow-antler being, as a rule, developed on one side 

 only. A set of European Reindeer are placed between Cases 17 

 and 20 on the left, and specimens from America between 79 and 82 

 on the right side of the Gallery. Only the European race has been 

 domesticated. 



The Elk (Alces machlis) is the largest of the family, and also 

 circumpolar in its distribution. European specimens are placed 

 between 13 and 16 on the left, and American between 83 and 86 

 on the right. 



The Wapiti (Cervus canadensis) from North America, repre- 

 sented by a stuffed male in Case 86. 



The Muutjacs (Cervulus), a small Asiatic group, in which the 

 antlers are supported on long hair-covered pedicles of bone, longer 

 than the portion which is annually shed and renewed. (Above 

 Case 92.) 



The Fallow Deer (Dama vulgaris), a native of Southern Europe 

 and Asia Minor ; introduced into England at an early but uncer- 

 tain period, perhaps by the Romans. (Case 88.) 



The Roebuck (Capreolus capr&a), formerly found in all forests 

 of Great Britain, but gradually driven to the north ; it has been 

 reintroduced in certain places in the south of England. There is, 

 for instance, a flourishing colony at Blandford, in Dorsetshire, a 

 fine male from which is exhibited, with others, in Case 91. 



The Virginian and Mule Deer (Cariacus virginianus and 

 macrotis) of North America. (Cases 92 and 93.) 



