British Deer and their Horns 
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Castle, Perthshire, which are certainly the best fallow bucks, both in body and head, in Scot¬ 
land. The horns of these bucks present a type which is quite their own, and unlike any 
other British fallow deer with which I am acquainted. They are very long, averaging 26 to 
27 inches, and though not broad in the palm, have generally a beautiful wild spread, which 
gives them great dignity. The horns themselves, too, are of that beautiful rough and 
dark quality which we all like to see. The span of one hanging in the armoury at Drum¬ 
mond Castle is truly wonderful, 37 inches, and I very much doubt if it could be exceeded by 
Drawn from a buck in Warnham Court. Visits were made every few days, so that the exact amount of new horn put forth during the growth is here noted. 
any British fallow deer’s head. I give a picture of it with its measurements, as well as some 
fine heads from the same place in my own collection. The head in the centre of the photo¬ 
graph is 31 inches in length, but it is not particularly good in other respects. It is the 
longest buck’s head I know of, being the same as the big English park head at Colebrooke. 
Very few landowners in Ireland keep fallow deer, but there is no doubt that the country 
is very suitable to fine growth, as we see exemplified in the red deer and roe heads. The 
best now are those kept by Lord Cloncurry at Hazlehatch, County Kildare. Till quite 
recently a certain number were kept by the late Sir Victor Brooke at Colebrooke, but there 
are none there now. The measurements of the two best, which are of very fine span, are— 
