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horn. Jhere are some good Samber heads, about a dozen, in the* 

 Natural History Museum at South Kensington, but they are placed so- 

 high up that it is difficult to see them properly. With one or two 

 exceptions, the inner upper tine is the longest. The stuffed Samber 

 there is a moderate specimen : judging by the eye the horns appear to 

 be about 3 feet long. Samber occasionally have an extra tine in one of 

 the horns at the top. There is a remarkable head in the Natural 

 History Museum at Kensington, where each horn shoots out at the* 

 base of the upper points an extra very thick tine which again divides 

 into two. A small extra point also sometimes appears at ihe base of the 

 brow antler. I have 3 heads, one of which has an extra point in both 

 brow antlers sticking up between the brow antler and beam, the other two- 

 throw the extra point below the right brow antler proper, in each case- 

 it is about 3 inches long. I have never seen a switch horn in Samber,. 

 i.e., a horn without any tines at all. I have one head, the left horn, 35* 

 inches long, bifurcates in the usual manner. The right horn, 34 inches 

 long, does not bifurcate but consists of a single beam. The brow ant- 

 lers are normal. Of course very young stag's horns are simple spikes 

 "in the first year of growth. The next illustration. No. 5, is 

 of an unusually narrow spreading head. Length 38 \ inches, span: 

 between outer points 19 inches, between inner points llf inches,, 

 round burr 9 inches. The horns curve so little that although the. 

 measurement round the curve is 38^ inches in a straight line frorm 

 tip to burr, it measures 34 inches. This stag had both brow antiTera 

 broken off. He jumped up close to me. Seeing the points of his horns-- 

 were close together, I did not fire as I thought he was a small one r . 

 so he nearly escaped, as he had run a long way before I saw he was. 

 worth shooting. No. 6 I consider to be an unique head as it has no- 

 brow antlers at all, nor any trace of any, in other respects the horns; 

 appear normal, although the left horn has a twist in it. The outer- 

 tines of this head are the longest ; 2 or 3 inches are broken off the- 

 inner tine of the left horn. It measures, length 38 inches, span- 

 31 inches, round burr 8 inches. This stag had hardly any hair on its, 

 neck ; it had all been rubbed off in fighting. The want of brow antlers, 

 had allowed the brow antlers of his opponent to scrape his neck.. 

 Although you could clearly see the scoring along the skin made by the- 

 points of the horns, very few of these thrusts had drawn blood. No. 7 

 is another instance of no brow antlers, but the horns are abnormal. 



