108 British Deer and their Horns 
The old head dredged from the Boyne at Drogheda (see p. 96), one horn of which was 
figured by Owen, is now hanging in the fossil mammal gallery at South Kensington. It is a 
remarkable example of the earlier Irish heads, but does not present the same beauty of form 
as those recovered from the peat bogs. Of the latter the best example I have seen is the 
splendid 23-pointer in the possession of Sir Douglas Brooke at Colebrooke. Another fine 
one is at Powerscourt, and there are many others not very far inferior to these (see p. 98). 
HEAD OF A BIG WARNHAM STAG 
Killed in 1891, nine years old, 31 stone clean. In these heads may be noted the constancy of the bifurcation on the left horn during four successive years. 
Stuffed head, 23 points ; length, 37 in. j span 37 in. 5 beam 7f in. ; length of bifurcation, 20 in. 
2. PARK STAGS’ HEADS 
Although the heads of park deer in many cases indicate their origin from German stock 
and are of no very great interest to the sportsman, from the naturalist’s point of view the 
effects on horn-growth of good feeding and careful preservation are worth studying, for we 
are thereby taught many things by means of which our race of wild deer may be improved. 
The heads of park deer do not as a rule present that beautiful blending of roughness and 
symmetry which is so marked a feature in the wild animal, yet to stigmatise them as entirely 
■HBE 
