FALLOW DEER 



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.Head of Fallow Deer Buck, from a specimen belonging to Mr. J. Whitaker of Rainworth. 



FALLOW DEER (Cervus [Dama] dama). 



Antlers normally without a bez, but with a trez-tine, above which 

 the beam is pal mated, with numerous snags on the hinder edge. Coat 

 spotted with white in summer (except in the black breed), with a black- 

 bordered white area in the neighbourhood of the long tail. Height at 

 shoulder about 3 feet ; weight about 1 40 Ibs. clean. The original 

 distribution includes Greece, Spain, Portugal, Anatolia, Rhodes, Sardinia, 

 Asia Minor, Northern Palestine, and North-Western Africa, but the 

 species has been introduced into Great Britain and some other countries. 

 In Asia Minor wild fallow deer are found along the south coast as far 

 as Adana, and at one spot in the interior. 



Length 



on out- Circum- Tip u/ Spread p i nt s Width 

 side ference. Tip. inside. ' of Palm, 



curve. 



32 



Tip. 



IS 



oc -,i:. .. 



28 



I2H- 10 5] Woburn 

 30 7 ? 



Recorded byj. G. Millais (.British Dtcr and their Horns). 



Owner. 



Duke of Bedford. 



Sir Victor Brooke's Collec- 

 tion. 



