ROEBUCK SHOOTING IN BOHEMIA 



is entirely incorrect. It is a woodland animal, 

 though it by no means despises a visit to a neigh- 

 bouring cornfield during the night. 



The colour of the roebuck varies with the season. 

 In winter it is a dull brown, with a patch of pure 

 white round the tail. The chin is also white, and 

 there is a white spot on each lip ; whilst the abdomen 

 is greyish white. In summer it comes out in a new 

 suit of warm reddish brown, and the noticeable 

 white patch on the hind- quarters disappears. 



The roebuck's horns rise straight from the fore- 

 head, and the full complement of points on each 

 horn is three. From the base to the first tine, the 

 horns are thickly covered with wrinkles or "pearls." 

 (as they are called in German) ; and the size of 

 these "pearls," with the height and girth of the 

 horns, form the marks of excellence in a roebuck's 

 "head." 



The young buck possesses single spikes in his 

 second summer, and is then known as a Kitz-bock. 

 In his third summer he sports pronged spikes, and 

 becomes a Gabeler ; and in his fourth year, in the 

 ordinary course of events, the third point appears, 

 and he rises to the dignity of a Kreuz-bock. Horn- 

 growth depends so largely on food, however, that it 

 is impossible to place much reliance on the size and 

 points of any deer's horns as to the age of the 

 animal. After a certain age, too, all deer begin to 



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