THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
BRITISH RED DEER HEADS, PLEISTOCENE AND RECENT 
Length 
on 
outer 
curve. 
Giro. 
of 
beam. 
Spread 
over 
all. 
Inside 
span. 
Points. 
Locality. 
Owner. 
Remarks and by whom measured. 
48 
6} 
45 
— 
14 
Bakewell, 
Derbyshire 
British 
Museum 
Unearthed 1785 and presented by Mr F. 
Gordon in 1891. The largest British 
example of a Red deer. Figured in The 
Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland, 
p. 95. CJ. G. M.) 
m 
8(?) 
— 
— 
5X8 
Manchester 
Ship Canal 
Sir R. M. 
Brooke 
Figured in The Mammals of Great Britain 
and Ireland, p. 95. (Owner.) 
46 
— 
— 
— 
12 
Newport, 
Monmouth 
Sir G. Elliot 
Figured in The Mammals of Great Britain 
and Ireland, p. 95. (Owner.) 
45 
— 
— 
— 
15 
Sandside, 
Caithness 
T. Pllkington 
Brows 18} Inches. (F. Wallace.) 
See page 86. 
42 
46 
21 
Cresswell 
Bog, North- 
umberland 
G. P. Hughes 
Recent. A head of perfect shape and 
quality. Figured in The Mammals of 
Great Britain and Ireland, p. 95. 
(Owner.) 
40 
7h 
43} 
28} 
12x9 
Combermere, 
Cheshire 
Duke of 
Westminster 
Figured in British Deer and their Horns, 
p. 97. (Owner.) 
40 
— 
— 
— 
12 
Elgin 
Elgin 
Museum 
(H. Snowie). 
38J 
6} 
451 
36} 
7x5 
N. Wales 
Sir R. 
Williams- 
Bulkeley 
Figured by R. Ward, p. 11, 6th ed. 
(R. W.) 
38 
6i 
46 
— 
24 
Ashkirk, 
N.B. 
Edinburgh 
Museum 
Figured In The Mammals of Great Britain 
and Ireland, p. 95. (Dr Anderson.) 
37 
6i 
24 
River Boyne, 
Ireland 
British 
Museum 
Dropped horns. Figured in The Mammals 
of Great Britain and Ireland, p. 95. 
(J. G. M.) 
36 J 
5 
351 
25 
16 
Ireland 
Viscount 
Powerscourt 
(J. G. M.) 
36 
5i 
42} 
23 
Fermanagh, 
Ireland 
The late 
Sir D. Brooke 
The best specimen of an ancient Irish Red 
deer. Figured in The Mammals of 
Great Britain and Ireland, p. 94. 
(J. G. M.) 
36 
8J 
44 
26 
River Halla- 
dale, Suther- 
land 
Duke of 
Sutherland 
Possibly the heaviest head found in 
Great Britain. Figured in The Mammals 
of Great Britain and Ireland, p. 94. 
Above the bay it is 9 in. in circum- 
ference. (J. G. M.) 
36 
5 
36 
24 
19 
Kerry, 
Ireland 
Viscount 
Powerscourt 
Figured in British Deer and their Horns, 
p. 98. (J. G. M.) 
35} 
5S 
27} 
22 
Ireland 
Viscount 
Powerscourt 
(J. G. M.) 
J. G. MILLAIS. 
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