NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK, 69 
BURMESE DEER 
England and northern Europe so long ago that the exact 
date records of the event have disappeared, and the species 
is now at home in very many European forests and game 
preserves. The deer parks in England possess many fine 
herds, but they sometimes exhibit one unfortunate result of 
long breeding in a semi-domesticated state—departure from 
the original type. 
The typical Fallow Deer is in winter very dark brown, 
with light brown legs and under parts, and in summer light 
red with white spots—quite like the axis. From this stand- 
ard, the variations run from pure white through the color 
of the wild type to jet black. 
The fine herd in the Zoological Park is the gift of Mr. 
William Rockefeller. Six of its original members came 
from the donor’s herd at Greenwich, Connecticut, and six 
were purchased from one of the imperial parks of Russia, 
by consent of the Czar, and represent the most hardy stock 
obtainable. 
The Burmese, or Eld Deer, (Cervus eldi), also known as 
the Brow-Antler Deer, is one of the rarest species to be seen 
in captivity. Living specimens are acquired only through 
special expeditions to northern Burma. Its most char- 
acteristic feature is the antlers of the male, which sends 
forward a very long and almost straight brow tine, while 
