dont want to be a kill joy but its menal when talking about fallow not melenistic...
I don't want to be a killjoy either, but i think you've got confused ...Menil is the 'typical' colour of fallow, with a chestnut pelage and white spots. Melanistic is totally different thing, melanistic is a dark pigmentation as can happen in many animalsbirds, etc, most commonly the pheasant.
cheers darcy knew i was right all along lol lol