APPENDIX C. 



A LIST OF THE EAR-MARKED STAGS KILLED 

 BETWEEN 1855 AND 1885. 



Date of 

 First Capture. 



May II, i860 

 May 9, 1861 . 



Oct. 27, 1863 . 

 April 18, 1864 

 Oct. 30, 1866 

 Aug. 31, 1868 



Oct. 10, 1868 

 Sept. 28, 1869 



Oct. 19, 1870 



Jan. I, 1872 . 



Jan. 19, 1875 



Aug. 13, 1S75 



Aug. 28, 1876 

 Dec. 2, 1876 . 



Dec. 31, 1877 



Aug. 13, 1881 



Age at 



First 



Capture. 



2 years 



3 years 



Calf 

 I year 

 3 years 



2 years 



3 years 

 Calf 



3 years 



4 years 

 I year 



5 years 

 (about) 

 2 years 



Date 



when killed. 



Sept. 6, 1870 . 

 Oct. 7, 1862 . 



Jan. 4, 1872 . 

 Sept. 30, 1870 

 Aug. 22, 1871 

 Aug. 31, 1869 



Sept. 25, i5 



Appearance of Head when killed. 



10 points. B. T. 3 on each horn. 



8 points. B. T. 2 on each horn. 

 Small but even 



Uprights, with no points at all 



12 points. B. B. T. 3 on each horn 



18 points. B, B. T. 7 and B. T. 6 



9 points. B. T. 2 and B. B. T. 2. 

 Had 2 on top when taken in 1868, 



" constitutionally wrong " 

 Same number of points as when first 



captured, but bigger in beam 

 7 points. B. B. T. i and B. B. i. 



Had 2 on top one side, if not both 



in 1869 



11 points. B-. T. 3 and B. T. 4, 

 points blunted and jagged 



11 points. B. B.T. 2 and 3. A four- 

 year-old stag 



12 points. B. B. T. 4 and 2. A very 

 fine head 



9 points. B. T. 2 and 3. A fine 

 wide-spread head 



13 points. B. B. T. 4 and 3 



14 points. B. B. T. 4 and 4. A 

 splendid stag 



9 points. B. T. 3 and 2 



10 points. B. B. T. 2 on both sides 

 13 points. B. B. T. 3 and 4, identi- 

 fied (but not from Mr. Bissefs 

 mark) as being 8 years old. Not 

 absolutely trustworthy 



In addition to the foregoing, a yearling male deer was taken on November 11 th, 

 1868, and partially castrated in consequence of injuries received. He was killed 

 on August 28, 1872, with two perfectly even horns, carrying 10 points. B. B. T. 

 2 and 2. 



At least as many more marked deer have never come to hand. 



B. B. T. stand for Brow, Bay, or Trey ; and the figures thereafter indicate the 

 number of points on top. 



B. alone means Brow, which antler is practically never missing. 



PRINTED BV J. S. VIRTUE ANU CO., LIMITED, CITY ROAD, LONDON. 



