FALLOW DEER

a European and Western Asiatic deer, the Cervus dam a. it is smaller than the stag, of a brownish-bay colour, whitish beneath on the insides of the limbs, and beneath the tail. ‘The horns, which are peculiar to the male, are very different from those of the stag; they are not properly branched, but are broader towards the upper part, and divided into proce es down the outside. A simple sneg rises from the base of each,and a similar one at some distance from the first. It was introduced at an early period into Britain, po ibly by the Romans, and is kept in many English parks.