ON THE GROWTH OP DEER-HORNS. 365 



and a union of the two beams into one in the centre of the 

 forehead with a subsequent bifurcation and development of a 

 single tine on each prong of the fork. 



The specimen from which this drawing was made is probably 

 unique ; and I may take this opportunity of stating that all 

 the heads here figured as remarkable (with the exception of 

 Fig. 13) may be seen at the present time in London, at the 

 well-known Auction Booms of Mr. J. C. Stevens, 38, King Street, 

 Covent Garden, who has on view and for sale a most extra- 

 ordinary collection of Eed-deer and Roe-deer horns from Germany. 



Fig. 13. 



This collection, numbering about 600 head, is the property of 

 Dr. Leo von Klipstein, of Giessen, who inherited it under the 

 will of his uncle. Colonel Geoffroy von Klipstein, a great sports- 

 man, who spent fifty years in its formation. 



These horns, it appears, were not all procured in one 

 district, but were obtained at different times in various parts 

 of Germany and Austria. There are, of course, amongst them, a 

 good many heads of the normal tyj)e which have been preserved 

 simply as sportsman's trophies ; but there are also amongst 

 them some very singular and remarkable antlers which are well 



