FALLOW DEER. 
This beautiful animal is the Cervus Dama, 
of Linnaeus; the Dama Vulgaris, of Aldro- 
vandiis, and of Gesner; the Cervus Platyce- 
jos, of Ray ; the Cervus Palmatus, of Klein ; 
the Dain, of BufFon ; the Cervus Dama Vul- 
garis, or Common Fallow Deer, of Brisson ; 
and the Fallow Deer, of Pennant, and other 
British naturalists. 
The account given by Pennant, of the Fal- 
law Deer, is exceedingly brief. "The horns," 
he tells us, ** are palmated at theirends, pointing 
a little forward, and branched on the hinder side : 
there are two sharp and slender brow antlers ; 
and, above them, two small slender branches^. 
The colour of this Deer is various : reddish, 
deep brown, white, and spotted. It is not so 
universal as the Stag; and rare, in France 
and Germany. It is found wild in the woods 
of Lithuania and Moldavia, in Greece, the 
Holy Land, and the North of China. In 
great abundanccj in England : but, except 
on 
