134 RUMINANTIA. 



fiirrow is distinct ; the ears large ; the tail short ; the 

 hoofs rounded and very wide, the spurs are of considerable 

 size ; the coat is composed of two kinds of hair, the one 

 woolly, the other silky, like that of the Stag, and very 

 brittle, longer under the nock than elsewhere. The colour 

 of the fui' varies with the season and the age of the 

 animal ; in the adult it is dark brown in the spring, pass- 

 ing by degrees to greyish brown and greyish white, and 

 becoming almost white in the middle of summer. The 

 lower part of the legs is darker than the upper parts, 

 and above the hoof is a narrow white ring. The Fawn is 

 brown on the upper parts of the body, with the lower 

 parts and legs reddish. 



Length of head and body, 5 feet 6 inches ; tail, 3 inches ; 

 height at shoulders, 3 feet 4 inches ; length of the horn, 

 3 feet. 



The Reindeer feeds on grass in summer, and on hchens, 

 especially the Lichen rmigiferlnus, in winter. The female 

 goes with young eight months, j)roducing two at a birth. 



Great numbers of these animals are domesticated and 

 kept by the Laplanders and other tribes of the North, for 

 the sake of their milk, flesh, and skins, as well as for the 

 purpose of drawing their sledges. They are found wild 

 along the Arctic Ocean, and in the northern parts of 

 Norway, Sweden, and Russia, occasionally visiting the 

 South of Scandinavia as far as Dalecarlia. They are very 

 numerous in the Dovi'c Mountains. 



Cervus elaphus. 



Cervus dcqyhiis, Desm. Mamm. Sp. 6G6 ; Pallas, Zoog. Ross. As. ; 



Bell, Brit. Quad. 

 Red Deer. 



Description. — The male is provided with canine teeth, 

 and with horns, which are rounded, with numerous antlers. 



