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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Head of Common Fallow Deer. 



FALLOW DEER (Cervus dama). 



Antlers normally without a bez, but with a trez tine, above which 

 the beam is palmated, with numerous snags on the hinder edge. Coat 

 spotted with white in summer (except in the black breed), with a black- 

 bordered white area in the neighbourhood of the long tail. Height at 

 shoulder about 3 feet; weight about 140 lbs. clean. The original 

 distribution includes Greece, Spain, Portugal, Anatolia, Rhodes, Sardinia, 

 Asia Minor, Northern Palestine, and North-Western Africa, but the 

 species has been introduced into Great Britain and some other countries. 



on uul- Circuni- Tip to Spread p_- Width 



side fi-rtjice. Jip. inside. * ufPalm. 



curve. 



Locality. 



5 ,., , . 30 7 ? Sir Victor Brooke's Collec- 



tion. 

 4-|' 2Vj 26', 10 + 9 4.', Driimmond Castle, 1. G. Millais. 



I'erth 



J Recorded by J. C;. Millais {British Deer ami ihiir Horns). 

 '-' Weight of antlers, S lbs, i oz. on skull, no lower jaw (Millais, Briiisli Dvci). 



