FALLOW DEER (DAMA DAMA). By Norma and Donald Chapman.

(1970) 1978 2nd revised edn. A5 stapled paperback (149 x 210mm). Pp24. B/w photographs, bibliography.

"The British Deer Society has produced these booklets to encourage deer-watching by the uncommited: each can be purchased and read separately, but the individual authors have concentrated on those aspects of deer ecology most familiar to them. We hope the set gives the general reader an overall picture of a fluid, hopeful situation wherein the enthusiastic amateur can help to elucidate the complex relationship developing between man and deer in today's countryside." A good, concise introduction to the fallow deer. Sections include: Distribution; Description; Photographs; Habitat and food; Activity; communication; Droppings; The rut; antlers; Parasites and diseases; Damage; Control and future prospects; Photographs; Bibliography and acknowledgements; Close seasons and summary of the deer Act; aims of the British Deer society.