41 8 Zoological Society. 



H. Smith, G. A. K. iv. 101. t. . f. 2, horn ; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 

 614,notSyn. — ^FopeYe, Warden, Etats Unis, v. 638 ; Wied,Voy. Amer. 

 Sept. iii. 302. 



Var. Smaller. 



Red Beer (or Canadian Stag), Warden, Etats Unis, v. 637. — Elky 

 Lewis and Clerk. — Stag, Pennant, Arct. Zool. i. 27. — JFewaskiss, 

 Hearne, Journ. 360. 



Inhabits N. America. 



In summer red-brown ; ears, middle line of the back of the neck, 

 and back of rump and front of legs blackish ; rump-mark yellowish. 



ff The species of the Western World have narrow, triangular 

 hoofs, a moderate tail, and are covered with harsh hair. Cervus. 



2. Cervus Elaphus. The Stag. 



Brown ; rump with a pale spot extending rather above the upper 

 surface of the base of the tail. 



Cervus, Plin.; Gesner. — Tragelaphus, Gesner (old male). — Cervus 

 Elaphus, Linn.; Gray, Knows. Menag. ^^. — C. vulgaris, Linn. — C. 

 nohilis, Klein. — C. Germanicus, Brisson. — C. Elaphus j3. Hippelaphus, 

 Fischer, Syn. (old male) . — Stag, or Red Beer, Pennant. — Cerf, Buifon, 

 H. N. vi. t. 9. — Cerfcommun, Cuvier ; F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lith. t. 



Inhabits Europe. 



Mr. Blyth described a variety as the Hungarian Stag (Mus. Asiat. 

 Soc.Beng. 1841, 750. t. 3. f. 11). 



The Deer which Buffon (H. N. vi. 95. t. 11) describes under the 

 name of the Cerf de Corse, has been regarded as a variety to be di- 

 stinguished by the smallness of its size, but Buffon observes, that he 

 believes the *^ size to depend on the scarcity of nourishment ; for 

 when moved to better pastures, in four years they became higher, 

 larger and stouter than the Common Stags." 



3. Cervus Barbarus. The Barbary Deer. 



Dark brown ; obscurely white spotted, with a very indistinct, 

 greenish brown, broad dorsal line, with a pale yellow spot extended 

 considerably above the base of the tail ; back of haunches white, with 

 a dark stripe on each side. 



Cervus Barharus, Bennett, MSS. Catal. Gardens Zool. Soc. ; Gray, 

 Knows. Menag. 59 ; Frazer, Zoologia Typica, t. . — Burk-Goat {Al- 

 Wassai), Moors (see Griffith, A. K. v. 775). 

 . Inhabits Coast of Barbary ; Tunis. 



4. Cervus Wallichii. The Bara Singa or Morl. 



Brown, with a very large white spot on the rump, extending on 

 back of the haunches and far above the base of the tail ; the horns 

 with two basal and one or two apical branches. 



Cervus Py gar gus, Hardw. Linn. Trans. — Cervus Wallichii, Cuvier, 

 Oss. Foss. iv. 50 ; F. Cuv. Mam. Lith. from Hardw. Icon.; Sundev. 

 Pecora, 55 ; H. Smith, G. A. K. iv. 103. t. . (from Indian drawing) ; 

 Gray, Knows. Menag. 60. — Jaareel Stag, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. 

 Bengal, 1841, 750. t. . f. 7, young horn; Hodgson, Icon. ined. 



