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in Epping Forest are not spotted, but those of the same breed are dappled 

 at Woburn, and I am told that faint spotting may be seen in Epping fawns. 

 The old bucks lose their antlers in May, and only a short interval elapses 

 before the new ones begin to bud. The date of changing the coat varies 

 somewhat in different parks. The brown breed has the pelage darkest in 

 summer, whereas in the spotted variety the winter coat is the darker. 



Although subsisting to a great extent by grazing, fallow deer are fond 

 of the leaves of most deciduous trees, and in autumn consume a considerable 

 quantity of horse-chestnuts. To reach overhanging boughs they may 

 frequently be seen raising themselves on their hind legs, and Bell states that 

 the bucks will use their antlers to knock off horse-chestnuts. Their times 

 of feeding vary according to the season. In winter, with the exception of 

 a short mid-day rest, they graze most of the daylight hours ; but in summer, 

 after feeding during the early morning, their period of repose lasts from 

 between nine and ten till two, after which they are again usually on the 

 move till about four. About this time they take another interval of rest, 

 which lasts till near six, when they once more take a three hours' feed, after 

 which they lie down for the night. During winter they require to be 

 supplied with hay and corn. The only cry uttered by this species is a 

 grunting bark. According to Jenyns, the terms buck, doe, and fawn are 

 properly restricted to the two sexes and young of the fallow deer, the 

 names stag, hind, and calf being those originally applied in the same 

 senses to the red deer. 



2. Brown's Fallow Deer — Cervus browni [Extinct] 



Cervus browni, Dawkins, Quart. Journ. Geo/. Soc. vol. xxiv. p. 511 

 (1868), Brit. P/eist. Mamm. part vi., Cervidee (Man. Pal. Soc), p. 17 (1887) ; 

 Lydekker, Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus. part ii. p. 89 (1885). 



Cervus clactonianus, Falconer, Pal. Memoirs, vol. ii. p. 478 (1868). 



Cervus dama browni, Dawkins, Early Man in Britain, p. 98 (1880). 



(?) Cervus savini, Dawkins, Brit. Pleist. Mamm. op. cit. p. 11 (1887). 



Characters. — Closely allied to the last, of which its describer states it 

 may be only a variety. Antlers simpler, with the palmation smaller, the 

 posterior series of snags wanting, and an additional tine on the front edge 

 above the trez, which is only very rarely developed in the existing form. 



