THE ROE DEER: THEIR HISTORY, HABITS AND PURSUIT. By Henry Tegner.

# 1951 1st edition. 4to (191 x 256mm). Pp176. B/w photographic plates, illustrations, bibliography. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt.

# When published in 1951, this book achieved wide recognition as the standard, indeed the only, work devoted to the roe and its stalking. Henry Tegner's originality of thought and far sighted approach was fresh and true. Chapters include: The roe in prehistoric and historic times; The life cycle; Daily life; Descriptive and anatomical notes; Senses; The distribution of roe deer; Horns and horn growth; Malformed and abnormal heads; Collections of roe heads; Hunting the roe; Roe driving; Moving roe; Moving, calling and coursing roe; Roe stalking; Roe forests; Some stalking experiences; Beginner's luck; Rifles and glasses for roe stalking; Methods of handling roe, equipment, clothing and other incidentals; Photography of roe; Roe deer in relation to forestry and agriculture; Protection and possible place in national parks or nature reserves; Cookery; Bibliography; Roe in art; Appendix - 'The status of the British roe deer' by E.N. Barclay.