1 1887] Hornless Ruminants. 735 
“In the Mustrirte Zeitung, published in Leipzig, October 2, 
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One of these skulls is now in the Museum of the University 
_ of Cambridge. 
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Fic, 2—Skull of adult Hornless Roebuck (life-size) shot, July 7, at the halduishle, 
province of Saxony, Prussia. 
X “Since the above was written,” Herr von Nathusius writes me, 
have got notice of a hornless roebuck (Cervus capreolus) that 
had been shot some years ago in this neighborhood. I enclose a 
sketch” (Fig. 2). The following notes are from Ludwig Beckman: 
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laving long been familiar with hornless stags as annual vis- 
tS to the Göhrde Forest, perhaps the following notes on the 
Subject may be of interest: Ag 
5 In the German sporting literature both hornless and single- 
-omed stags are mentioned since the seventeenth century. Thè — 
mer were regarded as unfertile, and called ‘monks’ ; the latter 
known as ‘murderers,’ because they were suspected to be 
