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RUMINANTIA. 



CERVIJm 



FALLOW DEER. 



Cervus dama (Linn.). 



Specific Character. Antlers with the beam rounded at the base, palmate 

 towards the extremity ; two basal tines directed forwards. No canine teeth. 

 Tail longer than the ear. Yellowish-brown with whitish spots, sometimes 

 uniform dark brown. 



Cervus dama, LINN^ITS, Syst. Nat. I. 93. 



,, platyceros, RAY, Syn. Quad. 85. 

 Dama vulgaris, GESNER, Quadr. 335. 



THE Fallow Deer, so well known as a half-domesticated 

 denizen of parks, chases, and preserved forests, appears to 

 have been originally an inhabitant of the countries lying 

 around the Mediterranean Sea. Prince Buonaparte states 

 it is still plentiful in the island of Sardinia, and it is also 



