484 CERVUS. 



in my Report on British Fossil Mammalia, accord in size 

 with the Fallow-deer ; but more perfect specimens and 

 decisive evidence of this species are desirable, even from 

 that comparatively recent deposit. 



In the large cave of Paviland, on the Glamorganshire 

 coast, Dr. Buckland found, with remains of Mammoth, 

 Rhinoceros, Hysena, &c., "deer of two or three species," 

 and "fragments of various horns, some small, others a 

 little palmated."* The same doubt as to whether the 

 latter are referable to Rein-deer or Fallow arises, as in 

 the case of the palmated fragments from Newbury. 



Of the teeth of deer found fossil in the cave at Kirk- 

 dale, Dr. Buckland-f- specifies the smallest as being nearly 

 of the size and form of those of a Fallow-deer. 



Portions of jaws and teeth occur in Mr. Green's col- 

 lection of fossils from the blue clay and lignite beds at 

 Bacton, which accord in size and figure with those of the 

 Fallow-deer : but such specimens are far from yielding 

 satisfactory grounds of identification. Dr. Fleming,! how- 

 ever, considers that the evidence on which the claims of the 

 Fallow-deer to be regarded as an indigenous animal are 

 founded is far from doubtful. He quotes Lesly, (De Or. 

 Scot. p. 5,) who mentions, among the objects which the 

 huntsman pursued with dogs, " Cervum, damam, aut ca- 

 pream." And he adds that : " In the Statistical Account 

 of Ardchatten, Argyleshire (vol. vi. p. 175), it is said, 

 that Fallow-deer run wild in the woods of a much superior 

 size and flavour to any of their species that are confined in 

 parks. 1 ' 



The " damam " of Leslie may mean the hind, or female 

 of the Red-deer. The real wild Fallow-deer has only been 

 recognised by modern Naturalists from the south of Tunis. 



* ' Reliquia; Diluvianae,' pp. 83, 85. f Ib. p. 18. 



J 'History of British Animals,' 8vo., 1828, p. 26. 



