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and inwards; an antler, sometimes bifurcated at its 

 point, originating at the internal face of the stalk, 

 at some distance above the knob, is directed in- 

 wards; others, to the number of two or three, 

 growing from the last third of the posterior face, 

 and directed more or less backwards, above and 

 within; horns of the second year consisting of 

 simple sprouts, slightly arched backwards and 

 outwards, so that their points oppose each other ; 

 second horns very little larger, with an additional 

 antler ; third horns, or those of the fourth year, 

 still larger, and having an additional antler ; coat 

 composed of soft and compact hairs ; the colour of 

 the young animal is of a deep fawn, with little 

 white spots ; that of adults in summer is of a beau- 

 tiful fawn above ; beneath the inferior jaw, within 

 the ears, the throat, the belly, the interior of the 

 legs, the posterior borders of the arms, and ante- 

 rior of the thighs, white ; top of the snout border- 

 ing on gray ; the end of the snout of a deep brown, 

 with two small white spots on the upper lip ; parts 

 encircling the eyes brown, with a whitish circle 

 beyond ; tail thick and long, w hite beneath, yel- 

 lowish above, for the two first thirds, and black 

 for the remainder; buttocks white only imme- 

 diately above the tail ; no brown or black line on 

 the back, nor deep oblique line on the buttocks ; 

 a fasciculus of long and hard hairs on the interior 

 of the tibio-tarsal articulation ; in winter the colour 

 is of a rather deep grayish-brown, resulting from 



