The Fallow Deer 



such a disease as diarrhoea, lung or chest troubles. 

 Everyone knows the value of hartshorn, and the 

 Highland matron has the knowledge handed down to 

 her from ages past. 



The hind, or female, of the Red Deer is a much 

 smaller animal than the stag. She breeds when three 

 years of age, and has one calf at a time. Twins, 

 however, are not unknown, although rare. The fawn, 

 or young deer, is not so dull in colouring as its parents, 

 being more or less spotted with white markings. 



The Fallow Deer gains its distinctive title from its 

 yellowish-brown or faded yellow colour. It is also 

 marked by white dots or streaks. There are differ- 

 ences in colouring, however, some being darker than 

 others, and having few, if any, white spots. All 

 Fallow Deer have a whitish mark on the buttocks, and 

 this, again, is bordered with black ; there is also a dark 

 line running down the back to the extremity of the 

 tail. The tail itself reaches almost halfway to the 

 hock. In winter the spotted variety takes on a duller 

 coat, and the light markings then become partly eclipsed. 

 During this season, again, the darker-coated variety 

 becomes greyer. 



The spotted variety is the larger animal of the two, 

 and boasts of more snags on its antlers. These are 

 large and rounded at the base, and widen out into 

 broad palmations as they rise. These antlers appear in 

 the second year, and are then of a simple, rudimentary 



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