SCOTTISH RED DEER (CtrvUS 



This head from Inverness-shire though not very 

 large, is one of great beauty; in symmetry and pro- 

 portions it is almost perfect. It shows seven points. 

 The first tine develops in the third year, so a stag 

 with seven points would be nine years old. The 

 antlers are usually shed in March, and seem to be 

 eaten by the deer themselves. The new ones are 

 completed by July or August. 



Photo: W. S. Berridge. 



NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO OK PEBA 



This strange archaic type (Tatusia novemcincta) occurs in arid regions in South America, and extends into Texas. 

 Between the shoulder-Shield and the hip-shield there are nine movable bands, but the creature does not roll it- 

 self up into a living ball. It is only in Armadillos that plates of bone occur in the mammalian skin; above the 

 bone there are epidermal scales of horn. The teeth are numerous small, blunt pegs, without enamel. The Peba 

 can run quickly and burrow quickly; it uses its claws as weapons. It hunts for insects at night, or at dawn and 

 dusk; during the day it keeps in its burrow, which may descend for 6 feet into the dry soil. Very remarkable is 

 the fact that this Armadillo normally produces quadruplets four embryos from one egg-cell and these, as might 

 be expected, are always of the same sex, either all male or all female. 



