gekVid.'E 43 



Dama vulgaris, Jardiiie, Naturalist's Libi:, Maniin. vol. iii, p. 152, 

 pis. vii, 1835 ; Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 181, 1843, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 229, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 200, 1852, 

 Cat. Buminanis Brit. Mus. p. 74, 1872, Hand-List Ruminants 

 Brit. Mus. p. 142, 1873 ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 264, 1862 ; Loche, Exped. Algerie, Mamm. p. 64, 1867 ; Garrod, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 18 ; Sclater, List Anim. Zool. Gardens, 

 p. 181, 1886 ; Lyde'kher, Ward's Becords of Big Game, ed. 7, 

 p. 74, 1914. 



Cervus (Platyceros) dama, Wagner, Schreber's Sdugthiere, Siippl. 

 vol. iv, p. 347, 1844. 



Cervus (Daotylooeros) dama, Wagner, op. cit. vol. v, p. 852, 1855. 



Dama platyceros, niger, Fitzinger, Sitzber. Jt. Ah. Wiss. Wien, 

 vol. Ixix, pt. 1, p. 553, 1874. 



Dama platyceros, varius, Fitzinger, op. cit. p. 555, 1874. 



Dama platyceros, albus, Fitzinger, loc. cit. 1874. 



Dama dama, Lataste, Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, vol. xxxix, p. 288, 

 1885 ; Trouessart, Faune Mamm. Europe, p. 229, 1910 ; PococJc, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 950 ; Miller, Cat. Mamm. West. Europe, 

 p. 970, 1912 ; Cabrera. Cat. Met. Mam. Mus. Madrid, p. 130, 1912. 



Fallow Deer ; Daim. 



The type species. 



Typical locality Sweden (introduced). 



The locality of C. mmcricus, = maura, Fischer, = niger, 

 Fitzinger, is unknown. The names Uuccethiops, = alhv.s, and 

 rarius pertain to the introduced German breeds of the species. 



Height at shoulder from about 3 feet to 3 feet 2 inches ; 

 antlers well palmated and directed largely upwards, with 

 the brow- and trez-tines simple, and the front edge normally 

 devoid of snags, which are, however, numerous on the 

 summit and hind margin of the palmated portion ; general 

 colour in summer brilliant fawn, with large whitish spots 

 irregularly distributed over the back, upper part of the 

 sides, and haunches, this spotted region being bounded 

 inferiorly on the sides and posteriorly on the haunches by 

 undefined white lines ; a blackish line running down the 

 middle of the back and tail ; a white area, bordered above 

 by black on the buttocks below the tail, and the under side 

 of the tail, under-parts, inner surfaces of upper portions of 

 limbs, and inner sides of ears white or whitish ; in winter 

 the colour of the upper parts uniformly greyish fawn. 



Owing to long domestication, the fallow deer of the 

 British parks frequently display great variation from this 

 original type of coloration, and a uniformly dark brown 



