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about every known species, together with the measurements 

 ascertained upon a definite plan, and figures of typical specimens 

 upon a sufficiently large scale for comparison. 



The volume published recently by Mr. Eowland Ward, will 

 to a certain extent supply this want, though it must be regarded 

 rather in the light of a first attempt, to be improved in successive 

 editions until a greater completeness is attained. It will be 

 found useful for the large number of measurements, which are 

 given in tabular form, of the horns of deer, antelopes, wild 

 goats, wild sheep, and oxen, with the addition of the lengths 

 of rhinoceros' horns, elephants' tusks, and the measurements of 

 lions and tigers. From these figures a sportsman may calculate 

 the average dimensions of a given species, and ascertain whether 

 his own trophies are above or below the standard. 



It is to be regretted that the treatment of the different 

 species in this book is so unequal. Some of them, like Clarke's 

 gazelle, Beatrix antelope, and Alaskan wild sheep, have a page or 

 two of description accorded to them; the majority have only a 

 table of measurements. In some cases the dimensions are given 

 of twenty or thirty specimens, in others only two or three are 

 noted ; in several the habit given is erroneous or misleading, and 

 in hardly one case do we find a reference to the first published 

 description of a species, or indeed to any description whereby the 

 reader may be guided to its identification. The inclusion of such 

 references would have been extremely useful. 



The illustrations, unfortunately, are very unequal. Some of 

 them, such as the Keindeer, Moose, Hartebeeste, and Oryx, are 

 good enough for the purpose, but a great many are drawn on too 

 small a scale to be of any use. The heads of American big-game 

 figured are quite inadequate ; the Black-tailed Deer, the Prong- 

 horn, and the Big-horn Sheep convey no idea of the wild beauty 

 of the originals; and yet it would not have been difficult to 

 photograph more typical examples, and reproduce by process 

 blocks at a comparatively trifling cost. It is to be hoped that in 

 a subsequent edition these blemishes may be removed, and the 

 utility of the volume will be much enhanced. 



