302 RED DEER. 



at the root, being of a light purplish-brown tint, 

 which deepens upwards, and tipped with pale yel- 

 lowish-brown. Along the ridge of the back the 

 colour is darkest; and on the lower parts it changes 

 to greyish-white, slightly tinged with yellow. The 

 tail, and a considerable space around it on the 

 haunches, pale yellowish- red, the perinaeum greyish- 

 white. The broad line of deep colour down the 

 back separates above the tail into two, (sending a 

 small line from the bifurcation toward the tail,) 

 which mark the outer edge of the pale yellowish- 

 red patch. On the upper part of the limbs, the 

 yellowish-red diminishes quickly, being substituted 

 by a paler tint, and below the (so called) knees, 

 where the hair becomes finer, the colour is a light 

 greyish-brown. The face is a mixture of thi\ 

 brown with the general colour, the muzzle being 

 chiefly of the former, the forehead of the latter. 

 The cheeks are brownish-grey, the hairs being 

 tipped with greyish- white ; there is a whitish space 

 about the eyes ; the eyelashes are black ; there is a 

 number of dark-brown bristles along the eyebrows, 

 and a few below the eye ; the mystachial bristles are 

 few and spare, short, pliant, and dark-br.own. Th 

 ears are greyish ; the fore part of the neck grey 

 the hairs being tipped with greyish-white. Thfe 

 hoofs and hooflets are blackish. 



The flesh of the Red Deer is by some said to b 

 inferior to that of the semi-domesticated Fallow 

 Deer ; but in my opinion it is excellent, and 

 possesses a fine flavour ; although in the old males 



