THE FALLOW DEER 
The doe usually gives birth to a single fawn in the month of June or 
occasionally at a later time in summer. 
In common with other deer, this species likes to browse on 'the leaves 
of trees. 
The extinct Giant Fallow Deer [Cervus megaceros) whose bones have 
been found in various parts of the British Islands, but chiefly in the peat- 
bogs of Ireland, was a magnificent animal standing some six or seven feet 
high at the withers and possessing great palmated horns weighing up to a 
hundred pounds, and with a span of about ten feet. 
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