THE STORY OF THE DEER. 
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THE FALLOW DEER. 
The visitor to England notices the deer which run in the large wooded parks 
as do our cattle in the fields of the American farmer. These are the Fallow 
deer. There it is both ornamental and prized for its meat called venison, which 
is fat and juicy. It has beautiful wide spreading horns. The buck or male 
deer is about three feet high at the shoulder. The head is short and broad, the 
THE FALLOW DEER. 
tail between seven and eight inches long. The color of the animal, both buck 
and doe, is a rich yellowish-brown in summer; sometimes spotted with white. 
In winter the tints are more somber and grayish. 
There is, however, a dark brown variety in which thie spots are scarcely 
distinguishable, or wanting, and specimens may be seen exhibiting every 
