Fallow Deer 



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31 inches along the outer curve, and 7 inclies across the widest portion of 

 the pahiiation, the basal circumference being 5 inches. In the next best 

 pair, which are the property of Mr. Millais himself, and come from the 

 celebrated herd at Drummond Castle, Perthshire (the home of the above- 

 mentioned 1 5-stone buck), the same three dimensions are respectively 30, 

 4^, and 4f inches. 



In addition to the spotted breed, a black, or melanistic, breed of fallow 



Fig. 58. — Head of" Fallow Deer Buck. From a specimen in the possession of 

 Mr. Whi taker, ot Ramwortli. 



deer is common in English parks. The colour of the coat is darker in 

 summer than in winter. There is also a red, or deep dan-coloured breed, 

 in which there is little or no difterence in tint between the summer 

 and winter garb. There is also a white breed, of which fine herds exist 

 at Welbeck and Sledmore ; but, in most cases, at least, these are not true 

 albinos, having eyes of the normal colour, and often showing traces of 

 fawn on the torehead. Moreover, these white herds show a tendency to 

 revert to the original colour, and are only kept up by carefully eliminating 



