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fordshire, which is very hilly and picturesque, lying close under 

 Vinnall Hill, wild Fallow-deer, said to have escaped originally 

 from the park, are to be found ; nine were shot in one day during 

 the winter of 1891-92. To this it might be added that others 

 are to be seen in the woodlands lying to the S.W. of Ludlow, 

 and in St. George's Hills, near Weybridge, the descendants, 

 doubtless, of of some that had escaped from park palings. 



At p. 12, Mr. Whitaker remarks that Warnham Court, in 

 Sussex, produces the largest deer in England, adding that a stag 

 has been killed there exceeding 44 stone (of 8 lbs. to the stone), 

 and with thirty-six points. It would have been well to explain 

 that this abnormal growth of horn is to be accounted for by the 

 dressing of bone manure which is spread over half the pasture in 

 the park every year. As regards variation in colour, noticed on 

 p. 15, attention is directed to a white or cream-coloured variety 

 of the Red-deer with flesh-coloured noses and pale blue or straw- 

 coloured eyes, to be found in some half-dozen parks, as at 

 Windsor, Langley, Welbeck, Woburn, Alnwick, and Ashridge. 

 In Badminton Park some of the Red-deer have white faces, and 

 present that curiously unprepossessing appearance which is more 

 familiar in the country inn sign of " The Bald-faced Stag." 



It is curious to notice the difference in the weight of deer in 

 different parks, according to the richness or otherwise of the 

 pasture, and probably to the quantity and quality of the winter 

 feeding. The average weight of a Fallow buck in good condition 

 may be put down at 100 lbs., and a doe at 60 lbs., but these 

 weights are in many parks exceeded by 20 lbs. where the condi- 

 tions under which they are kept are especially favourable. , In 

 Biddlesden Park, Buckinghamshire, belonging to Colonel G. M. 

 Morgan, a buck was killed a few years ago of the phenomenal 

 weight of 157 lbs. clean. But there must be surely some mistake 

 in the statement that in Crofton Park, Cumberland, the average 

 weight of bucks is 195 lbs. and of does 175 lbs. We incline 

 to think this must be a printer's error for 95 lbs. and 75 lbs. 

 respectively. 



As to the feeding and general management of deer, the 

 Introduction contains a good deal of practical information, 

 and may be consulted with advantage by all who have reason 

 to suppose that the condition of their herds is capable of 

 improvement. 



