SPOTTED AX : 285 



of North America, except Canada, and is found 

 in the i cutest abundance in the vast savannas 

 contiguous to the Missisipi ;ui<l the great rivers 

 which flow into it ; gra/inj* in herds innumerable 

 along with *tai> and hutalocs. They are some- 

 tinu > tamed, and used by the Indians, after bcin; 

 properly Trained, to decoy the wild deer within 

 shot. They are of a. restless and wandering dispo- 

 sition, and in hard winters are observed to feed 

 much on the different species of Usnca or strinij- 

 iiio^, which hangs from the trees. They are also 

 fond of re-sorting to places impregnated with salt, 

 and in such spots may be seen in great n umbel's, 

 licking the earth. Such spots are called in Ame- 

 rica by the name of Licking-places, and the hun- 

 tic sure of finding plenty of game there; the 

 animals, though so frequently disturbed, still con- 

 tinuing to frequent their favourite haunts. 



SPOTTED AXIS. 



Ccrvus Axis. C. cornibtts ramotia teretibtu erect it, summit ate fci- 

 fila, corpore albo-maculato. Lin. Sytt. Nat. Cmel. p. 179. 



Erxl. mantm. p. 3 1 a. 

 Pale rufous brown Deer, spotted with white, with slender trifur- 



cated horns. 



Axis. Plin. Hist. Nat. 8. c. ai. Raj. Quadr. p. 8y. 

 L'Axis. Buff. 1 1. p. 397. pi. 38, 39. 

 Spotted Axis. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 117. 



Tin. Axis is one of the most beautiful animals 

 of this genus, and is commonly known by the 



