British Deer Heads. 
93 
FALLOW DEER. 
(CERVUS DAMA.) 
SCOTTISH AND ENGLISH, WILD AND ENCLOSED. 
The fallow deer heads (Cervus dama), numbering eight, are remarkable for 
their divergence in type. The New Forest and Epping Forest herds are of 
great antiquity, but are very dissimilar. Those from the former locality show 
a tendency to bifurcate in the palm ; while the Epping deer, which are black 
and unspotted, grow very thin, attenuated palms. This is probably due to 
isolation and gradual deterioration. The Pet worth heads are very fine, the 
roughness, symmetry and well-defined points of No. 184 combining all the 
qualifications to render it first class. Mr. Harting's head from Uppark is also 
a good head of great length. 
ERRATUM 
P^iL 93, line 7 , ~ No . ^ ^ fc 
No. 1S8. 
