Age of Hind?. Little seems to be recorded as to the longevity of hinds. They with hinds. There can be little doubt that hinds on an average their prime longer than hill stags. The Torranbuie stag might be called a good head, but nothing more. No doubt the head enclosures. This calf used to pasture at will among the crops on year. be considered a wood stag. A calf stag having lost its mother wandered into the Ardfin of age, by mistake, in mist ; his weight proved to be 26 stone lection of heads at Ardfin than that of a wood stag shot there last Ardfin farm. He was shot 3oth August, 1872, when 8 years An instance of the rapid growth of a well-fed wood stag may Hill Stags. Mr. Edward Ross thinks hill stags usually attain their prime be here given. sion, they appear to maintain their prime for about 5 years till Wood Stags. l ' l 'Wood Vtags" hJatim^<xcxnsiderably faster than stags on the open and decline. have no horns to grow, and it must be remembered stags run from wood stags. There is nothing much better in the large col- hills; Being strong and heavy beasts, it is possible they maintain when 12 years of age. My observations lead to the same conclu- Most of the very best heads in the island have been obtained 4 pounds, weighed perfectly clean. The head was just what might might have improved had the stag lived. 1 7 years old. Individuals no doubt vary in their date of maturity are apparently quite as hardy as stags, they do not fight, they down very low in condition every October, which is not the case