Field and Forest 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL 



DEVOTED TO THE NATURAL SCIENCES. 



Vol. III.— AUGUST, 1877.— No. 2. 



On the Morphology of the Antlers and Other Characters 

 of the Deer, with Remarks on a Method of Express- 

 ing the relations of Species by Means of Formulae. 



In some valuable "Notes on the Visceral Anatomy and Osteology 

 of the Ruminants, with a Suggestion regarding a Method of Expressing 



the Relations of 

 Species by means 

 of Formulae, ' ' 

 (Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, for 1877, 

 pp. 1-18), Prof. 

 Garrod has given 

 precisely the defi- 

 nite information 

 that was wanted 

 on several ana- 

 tomical points 

 and has touched 

 upon several 

 which have long 

 interested me and 

 which I therefore 

 venture to briefly 

 Figure 7. notice. 



/. He remarks (p. 16) that "the antlers of Elaphurus david- 

 ianus are at present quite beyond my comprehension," and again, 



