Demi-lions rampant and erased are more common as charges than as crests. They are to be found in several Harrison coats of arms.
| Fig. 318.—A demi-lion rampant. | Fig. 319.—A demi-lion passant. | Fig. 320.—A lion's head couped. |
Demi-lions passant (Fig. 319) are rather unusual, but in addition to the seeming cases in which they occur by dimidiation they are sometimes found, as in the case of the arms of Newman.
Demi-lion affronté.—The only case which has come under notice would appear to be the crest of Campbell of Aberuchill.
Demi-lion issuant.—This term is applied to a demi-lion when it issues from an ordinary, e.g. from the base line of the chief, as in the arms of Dormer, Markham, and Abney; or from behind a fesse, as in the arms of Chalmers.
Demi-lion naissant issues from the centre of an ordinary, and not from behind it.
Lions' heads, both couped (Fig. 320) and erased, are very frequently met with both as charges on the shield and as crests.
Fig. 321.—A lion's face.