r 3 ^ British Deer and their Horns 
rather frequently, and I have seen two three-horned stags where the third coronet was also 
existing. 
Whilst talking recently with young Mr. Macleay, he gave me particulars of what he 
considered one of the most extraordinary abnormalities that had come under his notice. On 
15th October 1895 a stag’s head with the neck skin attached was sent in to him for pre¬ 
servation by the Countess of Stamford, it having been shot a few days earlier at Nethy 
A CURIOUSLY STRAIGHT HEAD, THE HORNS FORMING A COMPLETE 
EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE 
Bridge, Invershin. The remarkable feature of 
velvet, though the horn was completely developed 
that of a hind shot late in the 
clashing of theories 
injured in the 
this head was that it was in full-blooded 
and solid , whilst the hair on the neck was like 
season—soft, short, and thick. Now here we have a curious 
on horn-growth. There is not the least doubt that the stag had been 
generative organs during horn-growth, and although the animal assumed 
