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The Museum Gazette 



INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE AND FOOD ON THE 

 ANTLERS OF THE RED DEER. 



It is of great importance to illustrate the influence of 

 change of surroundings, food, climate, &c, on the physical 

 development of living beings. We could scarcely choose a 

 more instructive example than is displayed in the two figures 



Head and Antlers of Red Deer from Scotch Highlands. 



which are here reproduced. The one represents the head and 

 antlers of a stag shot in the Highlands, and the other that of 

 a stag reared from the same stock, but bred in New Zealand. 



