The old head dredged from the B o p s at Drogheda. |see p. p jg o i ie horn o f which wasi
figured by Owen, is now hanging in th e 'fro il mammal gallery at South Kensington. I t f | a
remarkable example o f the earlier Irish heads, bu tiites | g t present the same beauty ofform
as those recovered from the peat bogs. : # the latter the fe S e x am p le I have s e e n g the
splendid 23-pointer in the possession o f Sir.iDouglas Brooke at Colc.brpoke. ||gother fine
one is .it Powerscourt, and there are many others n g v e r y far inferior ,% these|^ée p. 98).
2. PARK STAGS’ HEADS
Although the heads of park deer in many cases indicate their origin from German stock
and are o f no very great interest to the sportsman, from the naturalist’s point o f view the
effects on horn-growth o f good feeding and careful preservation are worth studying, for we
are thereby taught many things by means of which our race o f wild deer may be improved.
The heads o f park deer do not as a rule present that beautiful blending o f roughness and
symmetry which is so marked a feature in the w ild animal, yet to stigmatise them as entirely