Ludwig Heinrich Jeitteles

“ As well as in Moravia, the Fallow Deer seems, in olden times, to have existed on the borders of Lower Austria. In Pulkau, not far from Eggenburg, south of the Thaya, in an ancient place of sacrifice, discovered and described by Dr. Woldrich, were found earthen vessels, implemenls of stone, bone and horn, a bronze casting-mould, the remains of the dog, ox, and red deer, and a piece of horn that was conjectured to be "the tine of a Fallow Deer's antler." ”

“ According to Bonaparte and Cornalia, [26] this species of deer is still tolerably common on this island. In Spain it appears there are very few wild deer now-a-days: at all events, A.E. Brehm, in his 'Beitrag zur Zoologischen Geographie Spaniens,' could only recollect having seen them in parks. [27] On the other hand, Graëlls refers to Cervus dama as an inhabitant of the Sierra Guadarrama. [28] The modern Spaniards call this animal "Gamo" or "Paleto." Buffon [29] says that in his time the Fallow Deer of Spain had longer tails than elsewhere, and were nearly as large as the Red Deer. ”

“ It is still found in a wild state in Asia Minor, North Africa, Sardinia, and apparently in parts of Spain and Greece, and perhaps still in the Cevennes and the Alps of Dauphiné.
4. The size and strength of the antlers, as well as the size of the skull, have in course of time degenerated. The skull and antlers of existing Fallow Deer are smaller than those of prehistoric times. ”

“ The four-tined elk-horn is figured (pl. v., fig. 8) , but unfortunately not the pieces of Fallow Deer's horns. Besides the remains of animals and plants, these places of sacrifice yielded various fashioned bones, three needles, fragments of battle-axes, pieces of urns, four entire vessels, and a polished shin-bone of an ox. Dr. Wagner also recognised therein a skate and other bones beautifully polished. No human bones were found. As regards the Fallow Deer, Dr. ”

“ Hartmann, in Brugsch 'Zeitschrift für Ægyptische Sprache und Alterthumskunde,' Jahrgang ii., 1864, p. 21. ↑ 'Report on the Mammals of Palestine,' Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866, p. 66. ↑ 'Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France," xxii., p. 542. ↑ 'The Geographical Distribution of existing wild Mammalia of North-East Africa,' in the 'Berliner Zeitschrift für Erdkunde,' 1868, p. ”