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I would notice, however, a curious feature with regard to park heads of red deer which 
throw back a heavy bifurcation. It is confined to one horn only. I have seen about thirty 
examples of this abnormal growth, and have never seen a park stag throw back from both 
horns. 1 The unbifurcated one always clubs at the top, throwing off a number of snags to 
1 4.-POINTER SHOT AT MUCKROSS, KERRY, BY MR. RALPH SNEYD, I 894 
Though the measurements are by no means remarkable, this grand head is considered by many to be the best killed in Muckross of late years. 
The weight, too, of the animal has probably never been surpassed by a wild Irish stag—29 stone 10 lbs. clean. 
equalise the weight of the two great branches of the other horn. A notable illustration ot 
this may be seen in the figure on p. 108. 
This is remarkable, because big wapiti heads which occasionally throw back these great 
branches occasionally do so on both horns. 
The great Warnham head, of which I give four illustrations, from all points of view, is 
doubtless the largest ever grown by a park stag in England. It is a grand example of 
1 In the Field, 21st May 1892, Mr. Allan Gordon Cameron gives an outline drawing of a wild Scotch stag’s head with two 
similar tines thrown out from the posterior ridges of the horns. If this is drawn from an actual head it must be almost unique. 
