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RUMINANTIA. 



CERVIDyE. 



OERVID.E. 





FALLOW DEER. 



Cervus damn (Litin.). 



Specific Character. — Antlers with the heam rounded at the liase, palmate 

 towards the extremity ; two basal tines directed forwards. No canine teeth. 

 Tail longer than the car. Yellowish-brown with whitish spots, sometimes 

 uniform dark brown. 



C'errus dainu, Linnj-Os, Sj'st. Nat, I, 93. 



,, platijrci'os, Hat, Sjm. (^uad. 85. 

 Damn Tulgaris, Ge.ssek, Quadr. 3.3.5. 



The Fallow Deer, so well known as a half-domesticated 

 denizen of parks, chases, and preserved forests, appears to 

 have been originally an inhabitant of the countries lying 

 around the Mediterranean Sea. Prince Buonaparte states 

 it is still plentiful in the island of Sardinia, and it is also 



