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snag of the one-year-old ” Brocket ” to the large inany-tined 
antlers of the Royal llart/^ as the fully adult Red Deer is 
generally called. These differences in the development of the 
antlers are also those of species as well as of age, some of the Deer 
never having more complex horns than a young Red Deer, while 
others have no antlers at any age. 
The series of separate antlers is placed on the tops of the Cases 
all round the Gallery. 
The following Deer may be specially mentioned : — 
The Reindeer [Rangifer tarandufi), formerly ranging over the 
greater part of Europe, is now found only in the northern regions 
of both the Old and New Worlds. It is the only member of the 
family in which both the male and female have antlers; and these 
also are peculiar in not being quite alike on the two sides, the 
great pal mated brow-antler being, as a rule, developed on one side 
only. A set of European Reindeer are placed between Cases 17 
and 20 on the left, and specimens from America between 79 and 82 
on the right side of the Gallery. Only the European race has been 
domesticated. 
The Elk [Alces machlis) is the largest of the family, and also 
circumpolar in its distribution. European specimens are placed 
between 13 and 16 on the left, and American between 83 and 86 
on the right. 
The Wapiti [Cei'vus canadensis) from North America, repre- 
sented by a stuffed male in Case 86. 
The Muntjacs [Cermdus), a small Asiatic group, in which the 
antlers are supported on long hair-covered pedicles of bone, longer 
than the portion which is annually shed and renewed. (Above 
Case 92.) 
The Fallow Deer {Dama vulgaris), a native of Southern Europe 
and Asia Minor; introduced into England at an early but uncer- 
tain period, perha])s by the Romans. (Case 88.) 
The Roebuck [Capreohis caprcea), formerly found in all forests 
of Great Britain, but gradually driven to the north ; it has been 
reintroduced in certain places in the south of England. There is, 
for instance, a flourishing colony at Blandford, in Dorsetshire, a 
fine male from which is exhibited, with others, in Case 91. 
The Virginian and Mule Deer {Cariacus virginianus and 
macrotis) of North America. (Cases 92 and 93.) 
