THE ROE DEER 



Cervus Capreolus. LINN. 

 PLATE XXXIV. 



Horns round, small, erect, wilh the extremity forked, 

 and -the first antler directed forwards ; tail extremely short; 

 upper parts yellowish-brown, lower pale yellowish-grey. 



Cervus Capreolus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 94 ; Desmar. Mammal. 

 439 ; Jenyns, Brit. Vert. Anim. 38 ; Bell, Brit. Quadr. 407. 



THE Roe is much inferior in size to the Red Deer, 

 which it, however, excels in activity. While with 

 us the latter prefers the remote and bare valleys of 

 the mountainous districts, seldom betaking itself to 

 woods, and thriving in districts where scarcely a 

 bush is to be seen, the former seldom ventures to 

 appear in open pastures, but resides in thickets and 

 dense woods. In most parts of the Highlands of 

 Scotland it is not very uncommon ; in the southern 

 districts of the same country it is occasionally met 

 with ; and in the woods and copses of the northern 

 counties of England it is rather plentiful. This 



