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were offered by Mr. Walter Winans, who combines the 

 qualifications of a great observer of big game with those of 

 a great artist. In the restoration now given in Fig. S I have 

 profited by Mr. Walter Winans' criticism and have been 

 especially glad to make use of the spirited sketch made by 

 him for my benefit, and published in the " Field " of 191 1, of a 

 red-deer calf when hopping along with all the feet together, a 

 movement known as " buck-jumping." " Of course," writes 

 Mr. Winans, " thia is quite different to the bronco-pony's 

 " action when trying to get rid of a rider. In the case of 

 "this kind she does not come down with a jar — but as 

 " she lands bends her knees and hocks simultaneously and 

 " then straightens them, also simultaneously, bounding in 

 " the air with bent back, tail curled tight on back, head 

 " thrown back, and ears forward ; she never puts her fore- 

 " legs, either knee or fetlock, beyond her shoulder in this 

 "action." These words of Mr. Winans and his outline 

 sketch of the buck-jumping calf precisely realize what 

 the little hanging legs of the rubbed-out calf had been, as 

 it were, urging my tired brain to recall and visualize. I 

 am convinced that Mr. Winans' sketch gives the completion 

 of the picture as drawn by the artist of the Lortet cavern, 

 and satisfies the demand made by the gracefully suspended 

 limbs shown in the incompletely preserved original. And 

 so I have used it in my final restoration here given in Fig. 5. 

 The following letter by Mr. Winans, giving valuable 

 comments on the Lortet picture, was published in the 

 " Field," and will assist others in appreciating its signifi- 

 cance: it enabled me to get the middle stag's antlers 

 correctly drawn. I have omitted a few lines referring 

 to defects in the original restoration — now corrected. 



" Sir, — As Sir Ray Lankester asks for criticism of this 

 " wonderful drawing of three deer, perhaps the following 

 " may be of interest. I have known deer all my life, and 



