287 



GREAT AXIS. 



THE existence of this species, or variety, is as- 

 lined from ;i pair ot % horns in the British Mu- 

 seum, resembling tlie former kinds in shape, but 

 of larger size : they measure two feet nine inchrt 

 in length, are of a whitish colour, and are very 

 strong, thick, and rugged. Mr. Pennant con- 

 jectures that they were brought from Ceylon or 

 Borneo, having been informed by Mr. Loten, 

 who had long resided in the former of these 

 islands, that a very large kind of stag, as tall 

 horse, of a reddish colour, and with trifmcated 

 horns, existed there as well as in Borneo. In 

 Borneo they are said to frequent low mai^iiy 

 tracts, and to be called by the name of Water 



Still. 



TAILLESS ROE. 



Cervus Pygargus. C. cauda nvtta, cornibus trifurtis. Lm. Sysi. 



Nat. Gmcl.p. 175. Pall. it. i.p. 97. 

 Tailless brown Deer, yellowish beneath, white behind, with tri- 



f urea ted horns, and nose surrounded with black. 

 Cernu Aha. 5. G. Gmtlia it. 3. p. 496. f. 56. 

 Tailless Deer. Pennant Quadr. i. p. I3i. 



THIS species is described in die first volume of 

 Dr. Pallas's Travels, and is a native of the moun- 

 tainous parts of Hircania, Russia, and Siberia; 

 inhabiting the loftiest parts of those regions, but 



