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THE MAMMALS OF THE WOODS 



Ruttinu--time begins in September, and is at its height in November, or about 

 a month later than that of the red deer. The doe, which is pregnant for eight 



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FALLOW DEER AT HOME. 



months, bears one or two (never three) fawns, these being suckled till next rutting- 

 time. If bucks, the fawns assume in the second year cylindrical antlers, which 

 arc renewed every spring, and gradually expand. First the brow-tine appears 

 then the trez-tine, and at last the shovel-shaped summit which carries tines on 



