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Both are shown in photos annexed. 



In the extreme east of the Sierra Morena another culminating 

 point of excellence appears to be attained — at Valdelagrana and 

 Zamujar in the neighbourhood of Jaen — at least it is from that 

 region that two of the largest examples came that we have yet 

 seen in Spain. Both the magnificent heads below described were 

 carefully measured by ourselves : — 



No. 1 w^as shot at Valdelagrana, Jaen, by Sr. D. Enrique 

 Parlade, has five on each top, all strong points, brow-antler 14^ 

 inches. Both horns precisely equal, 40f inches. 



No. 2 shot at El Zamujar, Jaen, by the Marquez de Alventos, 

 the whole head massive and rugged, and all the sixteen points 

 well developed. 



The only Spanish stag within our knowledge which exceeds 

 these dimensions was shot at Ballasteros in the Montes de Toledo 

 by Sr. D. I. L. de Ybarra, the measurements of which, though not 

 taken by ourselves, we accept without reserve as follows : — 

 Length, 41 inches; breadth, 36|- inches; circumference below 

 corona, 8|- inches. (See photo.) 



Since writing the foregoing, a head much exceeding the above 

 records has been obtained at Lugar Nuevo, near Andujar, in 

 the eastern sierra, and which measures no less than 43 inches. 

 Photographs, with measurements taken by Messrs. Rowland Ward 

 (both of this and another good head secured at Fontanarejo), have 

 been sent us by the fortune-favoured sportsman, Mr. J. M. Power 

 of Linares, and will be found subjoined. For convenience of 

 reference we put the whole record in tabular form. 



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