CHAPTER VIII. 



STAG, HIND, AND CALF. 



The male of the red deer is called, for general pur- 

 poses, a stag-; the female, a hind; the young, a calf; 

 thus distinguished from those of the fallow and roe 

 deer, which are termed buck, doe, and fawn respectively. 

 The word "hart," however common in books, is one 

 which, so far as the writer's knowledge extends, is 

 never heard in the West Country. 



" Generally speaking," to quote Dr. Collyns, ''the 

 stag and hind are in colour upon the neck, back, sides, 

 and flanks of a reddish brown, shaded off with a grey 

 or ashen line upon and about, the jaws. A dark brown 

 stripe of wiry hair extends from the top of the neck 

 between the ears to the shoulders, and this was some- 

 times called the mane of the deer. Around and about 

 the short tail (or " single" as it is technically termed) 

 the colour is light brown fading into buff between the 

 haunches and belly. This buff colour is of a lighter 



