ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS 



— Owner's measurements or other known authority. 



(? Male. 9 Female. ... Unrecorded. 



R, Right horn or antler. L, Left horn or antler. 



Measurements are on the outside of the longest horn from base to tip ; with 

 Deer from the bottom edge of burr, or coronet, to the highest tip point, except 

 where notified to the contrary. 



Circumference is at the base ; with Deer above brow tine ; in the Red Deer 

 and Wapiti group between bez and trez. 



Length is expressed in inches, when not otherwise noted. 



Weights taken in the field should be accepted as approximate, and, unless 

 mentioned, are of adult males. 



Heights are in most cases taken at the shoulder of adult males (see p. 480). 



P.Z.S. = Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 



