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generally only one, is produced about June ; the hind 

 leaves it concealed in heather, where it lies all day, 

 motionless, and only returns to it at night. The usual 

 colour of the Red Deer is bright reddish-grey, and a full- 

 grown Stag stands about 4 feet high at the shoulder, 

 though the hinds are smaller. There are a few Red 

 Deer in Oteley Park, but none remain in any of the 

 other parks in Shropshire. 



FALLOW DEER. This is the species which is usually 

 C. dama. kept in parks, but it is not indigenous 



here, although the date of its introduc- 

 tion is unknown. It is stated by some authors that it 

 was imported by the Romans ; in that case we should 

 expect to find remains of it at Uriconium, but careful 

 search through the specimens in the Shrewsbury Museum 

 has failed to reveal a vestige of the Fallow Deer, though 

 the Red and Roe Deer occur. On the other hand, 

 amongst the remains found on the site of the new 

 Shrewsbury Post Office (vide Roe Deer), are a few frag- 

 ments of antlers of the Fallow Deer, associated with 

 those of the other two species. It seems probable then 

 that the Fallow Deer was found in Shropshire, and was 

 hunted, many centuries ago, and possibly as far back as 

 the Roman occupation. It will be very interesting if 

 further excavations at Uriconium should bring to light 

 any of its remains. On the wall of a room at New 

 Hall, Eaton-under-Heywood, Church Stretton, is a very 

 rough but spirited drawing (believed to have been made 

 when the house was built in 1510), representing a hunting 

 scene with dogs pulling down a Fallow-buck, whilst a 

 gentleman in doublet and trunk-hose is thrusting a long 

 spear into its neck. The following list of the parks in 



