NOTES ON THE THAMIN OR BROW-ANTLERED DEER, 333 



a wine glass can be hung on it, and counting in this way 1 have seen 

 one head with seventeen. These secondary points are usually given 

 off from the upper surface of the brow antler and from the latter 

 portion of the main horn. 



It is curious that, notwithstanding the fact that so many antlers must 

 be shed annually, it is very seldom that a cast horn is picked up. 



In size the Thamin resembles the red deer. As regards the ears 

 and the fulness and brightness of the eyes, they are like other members 

 of this family. The face is somewhat long and narrow, and the muzzle 

 broad and full. Height varies from 10*3 to 11*1, and the girth round 

 chest from 39 to 44 inches. 



Voice. — The " bell " of one of those beasts is difficult to describe, 

 but it is a kind of gutter al ba-ah. 



Weight. — A good stag, cleaned, I should think, weighs from 

 thirteen to fourteen stone. 



I give below the measurement of an average-sized stag : — 



Length of face from nose to crest of occiput ...Eleven and-a-half inches. 



From pall to end of tail Sixty-one inches. 



Length of tail Five inches. 



Girth round neck behind jaws Twenty-one inches. 



Round base of neck Thirty-one inches. 



Girth round chest behind elbows Forty-two incheB. 



Round abdomen , Thirty-eight inches. 



Round forearm Eleven inches. 



Under knee Four inches. 



Height at withers ... „ Forty-four and-a-half inches. 



This stag was shot early in the afternoon, the measurements were 

 taken very carefully with a tape measure about two hoars after death. 

 He carried a very nice head. 



The sight of a stag on the " qui vive " is one to be remembered ; 

 the carriage of his beautiful head, crowned with the many-tined antlers, 

 with the breeze just waving his £ ruff ' to and fro, setting off his body 

 to perfection, all reminds one of Landseer's famous picture, " The 

 Monarch of the Glen." 



