PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION 



Since the publication of the first edition of this work under 

 the title of " Horn Measurements," I have been successful 

 in collecting much new and valuable data bearing upon the 

 measurements of horns and other statistics of Big Game. 

 For this information I am to a considerable extent indebted 

 to numerous sportsmen, and to the curators of some of the 

 most important museums of the world, who have been kind 

 enough to measure all the finest specimens in the collections 

 under their charge. In addition to this valuable help, for which 

 I desire to express my grateful acknowledgment, I have had a 

 record carefully prepared of all the most remarkable specimens 

 registered, as well as those that have from time to time passed 

 through our hands. I am indebted to Mr. H. A. Bryden for 

 much of the descriptive matter of the South African game. 

 There will also be found embodied with all these new records 

 numerous illustrations of typical heads, skulls, and horns drawn 

 especially for this new edition. 



In addition to this supplementary information, the new 

 edition will be found to contain more exact localities than have 

 hitherto been recorded, and we continue in constant correspond- 

 ence with sportsmen in almost every part of the world with a 

 view of still further completing our records. 



R. W. 



