240 TEN YEAKS IN SWEDEN. 



The southern limit of the wild reindeer in Sweden is 

 62 north. The tame reindeer is common all over the flat fells 

 and forests (the latter during the winter) up to the North 

 Cape. 



The rutting season is about the beginning of October, and 

 the pairing takes place when they assemble in large flocks 

 on the snow fells. It lasts some time, and eight days after 

 it is over, in the end of October or November, the old male 

 reindeer shed their horns. The rein cow brings forth one 

 calf in May, or the beginning of June, on the bare ground 

 on the snow fells. When this is about eight or ten days old, 

 and does not require the care of the mother to defend it 

 against the rein oxen, the old mother sheds her horns ; and 

 at about the same time the young rein bulls shed theirs. 



The young male can pair during the first autumn, or 

 about five months after its birth. 



66. C. DAMA, L. Dof hjort. The Fallow Deer. D. 



Nose and upper lip naked. ; tail half as long as the 

 thigh; horns of the male palmate; the beam round, 

 with two antlers standing forward. Length about 4 

 feet; height about 3 feet. Colour in summer, red- 

 brown, with small white spots on the back, shoulders, 

 and loins. In winter, grey without spots. 

 Has never been wild in Scandinavia, and it is only in 

 very few parks that we see them tame at the present day. 



Horns round from the end to the tip, with numerous 

 antlers. 



67. C. ELAPHUS, L. Hjort. The Ked Deer. 



Tip of the nose bare ; tail short. Colour in summer, 

 red-brown ; in winter, reddish grey. Length 6 to 7 ft. ; 

 height 4 ft., or a little over ; tail, 6 in. 

 The horns are full at the eighth year, up to which time 

 every antler will mark a year in the growth. 



Is never met with wild in any part of Sweden, but is, I 

 believe, still to be found sparingly on some of the islands of 

 the Norwegian coast. 



