HIPPOPOTAMUSES, PIGS, AND DEER 



325 



brow tine, which, after extending horizontally for a little distance 

 over the forehead, turns up more or less abruptly. Above and 

 close to the brow tine is the bez, or second tine, and after a 

 longer interval of unbroken beam the great third, or trez ^ tine, 

 bifurcates. No one of these three tines — frontal, bez, or trez — 

 ever bifurcates at the tip^ in the normal antler. The beam 



Stag in Early March without Antlers : to show Pedicle of Antlers. 



above the bifurcation with the trez tine in highly-developed 

 antlers broadens and increases greatly in girth. It then divides 

 into a varying number of prongs, in the centre of which is what 

 is called the "cup," sometimes actually a hollow which could 



1 The bez and trez (pronounced " bay " and " tray," and naeaning twice and 

 thrice) are terms derived from Norman-French, and their use in England 

 dates from the Norman Conquest. 



* Occasional, but rare, instances in recent park stags show a slight 

 bifurcation at the tip of the frontal and trez tines. 



