136 RUMINANTIA. 



beam round, with two antlers standing forwards ; has no 

 canine teeth; the lachrymal furrows are distinct. The 

 colour in those animals confined in parks varies, being 

 sometimes reddish brown mottled with white ; sometimes 

 yellowish white, mottled with darker spots ; frequently a 

 uniform dark-brown, or almost black ; the latter variety 

 was introduced to English parks from Norway in the time 

 of James the First, as being more hardy than the lighter 

 varieties ; and, for the same reason, into several parts of 

 France about the year 1760. 



Length of head and body, 5 feet; height at shoulder, 

 nearly 3 feet ; tail, 7 inches. 



In a wild state, the Fallow Deer exists at present only in 

 Spain, Barbary, and in the Island of Sardinia, where it is 

 very common. The description and figure of an individual 

 from the last-named locality, given by the Prince of Mu- 

 signano in his ' Fauna Italica,' resemble closely the com- 

 mon mottled race of our parks. That author is inclined to 

 look upon the Fallow Deer of Spain as of a diiferent 

 species from the Sardinian animal. 



Cervus capreolus. 



Cerviis capreolus, Desm. Mamm. Sp. 674 ; Bell, Brit. Quad. 

 Roe-buck. Roe-deer. 



Desceiption. — The horns rise perj^endicularly from the 

 head, are very rough and furrowed, with two antlers ; the 

 first about one-third from the base, directed forwards ; the 

 second higher up, directed backwards. The female is with- 

 out horns. The colour varies considerably, being some- 

 times reddish brown, in some brownish grey, and in others 

 dusky ; the under parts and inside of thighs greyish white ; 

 the part round the tail pure white. The tail is very short, 

 concealed within the hair ; no lachrymal fuiTows. 



The female goes with yoimg five months and a half, 



