48 4 CERVUS. 
in my Report on British Fossil Mammalia, accord in size 
with the Fallow-deer; but more perfect specimens and 
decisive evidence of this species are desirable, even from 
that comparatively recent deposit. 
In the large cave of Paviland, on the Glamorganshire 
coast, Dr. Buckland found, with remains of Mammoth, 
Rhinoceros, Hyena, &c., ‘“‘deer of two or three species,” 
and “fragments of various horns, some small, others a 
little palmated.”* The same doubt as to whether the 
latter are referable to Rein-deer or Fallow arises, as in’ 
the case of the palmated fragments from Newbury. 
Of the teeth of deer found fossil in the cave at Kirk- 
dale, Dr. Buckland+ specifies the smallest as being nearly 
of the size and form of those of a Fallow-deer. 
Portions of jaws and teeth occur in Mr. Green’s col- 
lection of fossils from the blue clay and lignite beds at 
Bacton, which accord in size and figure with those of the 
Fallow-deer: but such specimens are far from yielding 
satisfactory grounds of identification. Dr. Fleming,} how- 
ever, considers that the evidence on which the claims of the 
Fallow-deer to be regarded as an indigenous animal are 
founded is far from doubtful. He quotes Lesly, (De Or. 
Scot. p. 5,) who mentions, among the objects which the 
huntsman pursued with dogs, “ Cervum, damam, aut ca- 
pream.” And he adds that :—*‘ In the Statistical Account 
of Ardchatten, Argyleshire (vol. vi. p. 175), it is said, 
that Fallow-deer run wild in the woods of a much superior 
size and flavour to any of their species that are confined in 
parks.” 
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The “damam” of Leslie may mean the hind, or female 
of the Red-deer. The real wild Fallow-deer has only been 
recognised by modern Naturalists from the south of Tunis. 
* © Reliquize Diluviane,’ pp. 83, 85. t+ Ib. p. 18. 
t ‘History of British Animals,’ 8yo., 1828, p. 26. 
