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  THE 
  VERTEBEATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE." 
  

  

  the 
  blood 
  royal, 
  had 
  with 
  much 
  trouble 
  and 
  vast 
  expense 
  

   provided 
  a 
  hunting 
  match 
  for 
  the 
  entertainment 
  of 
  our 
  Most 
  

   Illustrious 
  and 
  Most 
  Gracious 
  Queen. 
  I 
  was 
  a 
  young 
  man 
  

   then, 
  and 
  was 
  present 
  on 
  that 
  occasion. 
  Two 
  thousand 
  

   Highlanders 
  were 
  employed 
  to 
  drive 
  to 
  the 
  hunting 
  ground 
  

   all 
  the 
  deer 
  from 
  the 
  woods 
  and 
  hills 
  of 
  Athol, 
  Badenoch, 
  

   Marr, 
  Murray, 
  and 
  the 
  countries 
  about. 
  As 
  these 
  Highlanders 
  

   use 
  a 
  light 
  dress, 
  and 
  are 
  very 
  swift 
  of 
  foot, 
  they 
  went 
  up 
  

   and 
  down 
  so 
  nimbly 
  that 
  in 
  less 
  than 
  two 
  months 
  time 
  they 
  

   brought 
  together 
  two 
  thousand 
  Bed 
  Deer, 
  besides 
  Roes 
  and 
  

   Falloiu 
  Deer." 
  

  

  But 
  although 
  some 
  have 
  interpreted 
  Barclay's 
  saying, 
  

   "duo 
  millia 
  ceruorum 
  cum 
  damis 
  and 
  ca^reis" 
  to 
  include 
  Fallow 
  

   Deer, 
  others 
  think 
  that 
  damis 
  may 
  mean 
  dama, 
  an 
  old 
  Latin 
  

   name 
  for 
  Roe 
  Deer. 
  This 
  being 
  so, 
  little 
  information 
  is 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  Barclay 
  either 
  for 
  or 
  against 
  Fallow 
  Deer 
  being 
  

   in 
  the 
  area 
  in 
  which 
  this 
  " 
  Royal 
  hunt 
  " 
  took 
  place. 
  

  

  In 
  an 
  article 
  in 
  the 
  Ibis 
  for 
  1869, 
  p. 
  358, 
  Professor 
  Boyd 
  

   Dawkins 
  holds 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  " 
  Roman 
  Conquerors 
  who 
  

   naturalised 
  the 
  Fallow 
  Deer 
  in 
  Britain," 
  and 
  in 
  his 
  Cave 
  

   Hunting, 
  p. 
  78, 
  in 
  referring 
  to 
  Fallow 
  Deer, 
  he 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  It 
  

   was 
  introduced 
  into 
  Britain 
  B.C. 
  circa 
  55." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bateman, 
  in 
  his 
  Ten 
  Years 
  Digging, 
  p. 
  298, 
  says 
  he 
  

   " 
  has 
  found 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  Fallow 
  Deer 
  in 
  British 
  Barrows." 
  

  

  Cervus 
  capreolus, 
  Linn. 
  Roe 
  Deer. 
  

  

  This 
  elegant 
  little 
  animal 
  is 
  abundant 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  

   extent 
  of 
  " 
  Dee," 
  wherever 
  there 
  are 
  woods 
  and 
  plantations. 
  

   A 
  noticeable 
  feature 
  in 
  this 
  creature 
  is 
  that 
  its 
  horns 
  are 
  

   subject 
  to 
  much 
  malformation. 
  In 
  cases 
  where 
  only 
  one 
  of 
  

   them 
  is 
  affected, 
  it 
  is 
  generally 
  the 
  left 
  one, 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  

   in 
  the 
  illustration. 
  

  

  Order 
  BODENTIA. 
  

  

  Family 
  SCIURID^. 
  

  

  Genus 
  SCIURUS. 
  

  

  Sciurus 
  vulgaris, 
  Linn. 
  Squirrel. 
  

  

  MacGillivray 
  remarks 
  : 
  "It 
  having 
  been 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  

   Squirrel 
  occurs 
  in 
  Braemar, 
  I 
  not 
  only 
  looked 
  for 
  it, 
  but 
  

  

  