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" the Park of Nannau is remarkable for its very small but very 

 excellent venison." Giraldus Cambrensis in his Itinerary states 

 that he saw at Chester " what appeared novel to us, cheese 

 made of deer's milk ; for the countess and her mother keeping 

 tame deer, presented to the Archbishop three small cheeses 

 made from their milk." The deer would no doubt be Fallow 

 Deer. 



ROE DEER. Capreolus capreolus (Linn.). 



Appears to have become extinct long ago. 



Pennant, in British Zoology, states that the Roebuck " was 

 formerly very common in Wales," and in his Tour, IT., 280, 

 adds that the Roe " was hunted with hounds or greyhounds 

 which were held in leashes and let slip at the animal." Leland 

 refers to the Roe and Red Deer as common early in the 16th 

 century on Clun Forest, which is partly in Montgomeryshire 

 In the laws of Howell the Good the Roe is valued at the same 

 as a she-goat. 



35.— BOTTLE-NOSE WHALE. Hyperoodon rostratus Mull 



Occurs from time to time on the coast — most frequently in the north. 



A small female. 17 feet long, was stranded at Mostyn, 27tli 

 September, 1907. 



36. — PORPOISE, Phocoena communis Linn. 



Common off all coasts. 



A porpoise weighing about 100 lbs. was caught at Colwyn 

 Bay, lOth July, 1909. 



37.— WHITE-BEAKED DOLPHIN. Lagenorhynchits 

 albirostris Gray. 



Obtained once in the Dee estuary in 1862. 



38.— GRAMPUS. Grampus griseus Cuv. 



Rare : has occurred off Anglesey and Lleyn and in the Dee estuary. 



Dr. J. Travis Jenkins, on board the Fishery Yacht off Aberdaion 

 Bay, passed close to a fine specimen swimming towards Bardsey 



