RUMINANTIA. 1G9 



Louisiana Deer), Less than the Fallow Deer of Europe, and ol' a 

 more graceful figure; the muzzle more pointed; of a light lawn 

 colour in summer, reddish-grey in winter; the under part of the 

 throat and tail white at all times ; inferior third of the tail black with 

 a white tip. The horns of the male, shorter than in the European 

 species, are round, smooth, whitish, they bend outwards, forming an 

 arc of a circle inwards and forwards ; the tines are inserted into their 

 posterior face, that at the base excepted ; they sometimes amount to 

 five or six*. 



The species inhabiting warm climates do not change their colour. 

 There are several of these in South America, of which we have as 

 yet no complete account, nor sufficiently comparative characters. 

 Such are 



C. paludosus, Desm. ; Gauzou-Pouco, or Great Red Stay, Azz. 

 It appears to have straighter horns than the preceding ; skin of u 

 bright bay, with a black stripe on the forehead, and black rings round 

 the point of the feet. It prefers marshy grounds. 



C. campestris, Fr. Cuv. ; Guazouti, Azz. Antlers short and 

 straight, with tines front and back, which become numerous (Oss. 

 Foss. IV. pi. iii. f. 46 — 48); fawn coloured; belly, inner sides of 

 the thighs, buttocks and tip of the tail, white. f 



There are also several in the East Indies. 



C. axis, L. ; BufF. XL xxxviii, xxix. (The Indian Stag or Axis.) 

 Fawn coloured at all times, spotted with pure white ; under part of 

 the throat and that of the tail white ; tail fawn coloured, edged above 

 with white ; round antlers, which become very large with age, but 

 which never have more than one tine near the base, and the point 

 forked. Originally from Bengal, but propagating easily in Europe. 

 It was known to the Romans. 



Several other Stags with two tines like the Axis are found in 

 India, which have been distinguished but lately. There is one of 

 them, 



C. Aristotelis, Cuv. ; which has long hairs on the neck and throat, 

 and which, inhabiting the north of India, must correspond with the 

 Hippelaphus of Aristotle J. 



C. capreolus, L. ; BufF. VI. xxxii, xxxiii. (The Roebuck of 

 Europe.) With but two tines to its antlers; of a fawn coloured 

 grey ; buttocks white ; without lachrymal sinuses, and scarcely any 

 tail. Some individuals are of a very vivid red, and others black- 

 ish. This species lives in couples ; inhabits the high mountains 

 of the temperate parts of Europe ; sheds its antlers towards the 

 close of autumn, reproduces them during the winter; copulates in 

 November, and is gravid five months and a half. The flesh is held 



* See my Oss. Foss. IV. pi. v. f. 1 — 17. The Cervus mexicanus, Penn, and Oss. 

 Foss. pi. V. f. 23, in.iy l)ave been a very old Virginia Stag. 

 • f Add Cervus vriuoralls, Ham. Smith. Also Cerv. macrotis, Say. 



X Add the C. hippelaphus ; C. Wallichii ; C. Mariannus ; C. Lechenaulti ; C. Pe- 

 ronii ; C. cquinus ; and with respect to these species, see my Oss. Foss. torn. IV. and 

 the fignre of Hamilton Smith in the work of Griffith. 

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