302 GREY DEER. 



the pedestals, the surface of the last has the ap- 

 pearance of a rose *. 



GREY DEER. 



Cervus Guineensis. C. gristus, subtus nigricant. Lin. Syst. 



Nat. p. 94. Mus. Ad. Fr. i.p. 12. 

 Grey Deer, blackish beneath. 

 Grey Deer. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 181. 



THIS obscure species is described by Linnaeus, 

 in his work entitled Musceum Adolphi Friderid ; 

 but, as the horns were wanting in the specimen 

 described, it remains doubtful whether the animal 

 should most properly be considered as a Deer, 

 Musk, or female Antelope. 



Its size is that of a Cat : the colour grey, with a 

 line of black between the ears, a large spot of 

 black above the eyes, and on each side of the 

 throat a line of black, pointing downwards : the 

 middle of the breast black ; the fore legs and sides 

 of the belly, as far as the hams, marked with 

 black ; the ears rather long ; the under side of the 

 tail black. It is said to be a native of Guinea. 



* In Mr. Allamand's description of this species, in the sixth 

 supplemental volume of Buffbn, we are informed that its colour is 

 a greyish brown, paler beneath; that the breast and insides of the 

 thighs are whitish, and that the tongue is extremely long, so that 

 tb< animal can extend it even beyond the eyes. 



