Baillie heads

[Dr Marc Colyn]

Hello, I'm a biologist, retired from the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS - France), and I carry out evolutionary research on the world's cervids. I also manage the “World deer conservatory”, which contains over a thousand whole skulls of all species. With my colleague Dr Bernard Andries, we are currently working on a Baillie head skull, collected in France. We'd like to come back to this unresolved “Baillie’s Heads” issue. We are looking for any useful information and or photographic documentation, or even possible old articles printed in your magazines. We also noticed, on this forum, the question posed by Morena (June 1, 2012) who was looking for a journal to publish her article! We would also be interested in this article. Likewise, if you are aware of the location of one or more specimens, we are willing to make the necessary trip to take the measurements. Thank you in advance for your support in this issue, which really deserves to resurface!

 

[Dr Marc Colyn]

As previously announced, we wish to continue the work begun by R. Prior in an attempt to provide a rational explanation for this most puzzling of mysteries, to quote his writings. Thank you to those who have already sent us information and documentation. We have a specimen from France, identified in an old collection. We will shortly be showing you some photographs of this specimen. We are looking for photographs of skulls, sawn or not, even if they are not really exceptional trophies. Any information will be useful. Ideally, we would like to be able to carry out a post-mortem examination on a fresh animal, including a female (an observation mentioned by Prior). In this case, we would be able to move the animal within 24 hours. We can also work with various partners. Thank you for helping us relaunch this forum on Baillie's Heads.
Marc Colyn

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[Dr Marc Colyn]

Bonjour novice,

J'ai parlé à Richard avant à propos de ces têtes et il avait enregistré 21 têtes mais la plupart d'entre elles sont bien au sud autour de Winchester etc mais j'en ai tiré une dans le Yorkshire du Nord qui a obtenu une médaille de bronze je posterai une photo, le fait que la mienne soit dans le nord a vraiment mis des bâtons dans les roues.

salutations
chris

Bonjour Chrisc. Pourriez-vous svp me donner l'année qui correspond au prélèvement de votre médaille de bronze?
Comme vous avez pu le voire, je travaille sur ces têtes, non pas pour des questions de cotation, mais en qualité de biologiste.
Merci

 

[WalkedUp]

Bonjour, je suis biologiste, retraité du Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS - France), et je mène des recherches évolutives sur les cervidés du monde. Je gère également le « Conservatoire des Cervidés », qui contient plus d'un millier de crânes entiers de toutes les espèces. Avec mon collègue Dr Bernard Andries, nous travaillons actuellement sur un crâne de tête de Baillie, collecté en France. Nous souhaiterions revenir sur cette problématique non résolue des « Têtes de Baillie ». Nous recherchons toute information utile et ou documentation photographique, voire d'éventuels anciens articles parus dans vos revues. Nous avons également remarqué, sur ce forum, la question posée par Morena (1er juin 2012) qui cherchait une revue pour publier son article ! Nous serions également intéressés par cet article. De même, si vous connaissez la localisation d'un ou plusieurs spécimens, nous sommes prêts à faire le déplacement nécessaire pour effectuer les mesures. Merci d'avance pour votre soutien dans ce dossier qui mérite vraiment de refaire surface ! Dr Marc Colyn

Hello, I am a biologist, retired from the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS - France), and I carry out evolutionary research on the world's deer. I also manage the “Deer Conservatory”, which contains more than a thousand entire skulls of all species. With my colleague Dr Bernard Andries, we are currently working on a Baillie head skull, collected in France. We would like to return to this unresolved issue of “Baillie Heads”. We are looking for any useful information and/or photographic documentation, or even possible old articles published in your magazines. We also noticed, on this forum, the question asked by Morena (June 1, 2012) who was looking for a journal to publish her article! We would also be interested in this article. Likewise, if you know the location of one or more specimens, we are ready to make the necessary trip to carry out the measurements. Thank you in advance for your support in this issue which really deserves to resurface! Dr Marc Colyn