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Animals of the World 



Photo by Tort Son] [Netting Hill. 



INDIAN MUNTJAC. 



Sometimes called the Barking-deer. The Indian species 

 stands only 2 feet high. 



OTHER TYPICAL DEER. 



So numerous are the typical deer that they are not 

 concluded even by the long list of animals already 

 enumerated. We proceed now to glance briefly at the 

 remainder of this important group. 



The PHILIPPINE SPOTTED DEER, or PRINCE ALFRED'S 

 DEER, is a small but extremely handsome species, found 

 in the islands of Samar and Leyte. The height is under 

 30 inches; the colour very dark brown, spotted with 

 white, the under-parts, chin, and upper portion of the 

 legs also white. 



Another small cervine from the Philippine group is 

 the CALAMIANES DEER, a darkish brown beast, found in 

 the island of that name. 



The little BAVIAN DEER, another island-deer, from 

 the Bavian group, between Borneo and Java, should also 

 be mentioned. Very little is known of the habits of 

 these three deer, and few specimens even of their skins 

 and horns have reached Europe. 



The HOG-DEER, allied to the last-named species, is 

 an animal much better known, found as it is in many 

 parts of India and Burma. This handsome little deer 

 stands from 24 to 28 inches at the shoulder, and carries 

 antlers which average from 10 to 15 inches, and reach 

 occasionally as much as 21 or 22 inches one specimen 

 is recorded measuring 23^ inches. It has a yellowish or reddish-brown coat, minutely speckled 

 with white. The summer coat is paler and marked with white or palish-brown spots. This 



sturdy little cleer is found usually in long grass, and 

 affords excellent snap-shooting ; it is also run into with 

 dogs and speared by mounted sportsmen. Major Fitz- 

 Herbert thus describes a chase of this kind : " He [the 

 little stag] stood at bay, with head down and bristles 

 raised like a miniature red deer of Landseer's, but broke 

 away when I came up. Once he charged the bitch 

 and knocked her over. He stood at bay two or three 

 times ? :butf I could never get a spear into him for fear of 

 hurting the dogs. At last one time, as he was break- 

 ing bay, I came up, and he charged me with such 

 force as to break one of his horns clean off against the 

 spear. However, I struck him in the spine, and rolled 

 him over." These little deer have quite extraordinary 

 pluck, and have been known even to charge and wound 

 a horse. 



The CHITAL, or INDIAN SPOTTED DEER, often called 

 the Axis Deer, a very beautiful species, is the common 

 jungle-stag of India. Standing about 3 feet or a little 

 over, its lovely coat of bright reddish fawn is thickly 

 spotted with white at all seasons of the year. The horns 

 are somewhat of the sambar type, and measure as much 

 as 36 or 38 inches in length in fine specimens. These 

 exquisite deer are often found in considerable herds, and 

 are a forest-loving species. 



Photo by the Duchess of Bedford, Woburn Abbey. 



YOUNG MALE CHINESE WATER-DEER. 

 One of the few deer which have no antlers. 



