1 64 British Deer and their Horns 
buck s head should be in every way, and is particularly “ rough,” which is a very rare beauty 
in a fallow deer. The measurements of this head are as follows :— 
Length Circumference of Beam Tip to Tip Spread Inside Points Width of Palms 
2 9 i 5 l l 2 8-J- 14x13 (R) 71 and (L) 8 
and I give photographs of it from two points of view (p. 168). The weight of the horns on 
DRUMMOND CASTLE HEADS 
These heads are of remarkable length and span. The specimen in the centre is 31 inches in length (author’s collection). 
the skull, without the lower jaw, is 8 lbs. 1 oz., while 5J- lbs. would be considered a fair 
weight for an average adult buck’s head. This head, and one now at Colebrooke, 
which I also figure, are the two best fallow deer heads I have seen. The Colebrooke head 1 
is quite as good as mine, has more points, even to the additional ones on top of the brows ; 
it is also an inch and a half longer, but the palms are not quite so broad, nor is the whole 
The measurement of this fine head is not in Rowland Ward’s book, where it must have been overlooked, as it hangs away 
in a dark passage apart from all the other fallow heads. 
