V::: : 



1 adult 



. 



nhabit woodland o; 

 c of it as a primit ; 

 other groups. In some 

 life. The beautiful axis 



1 as it haunts the neighboui s out 



ai the daylight, it may w< 

 ~>n. The Formosan de 



. and the spots persist ked, 



he lighter winter coat. - s O f 



Is and forests; in 



spotted, bfce^ ; |O ^ O 



local varietlfe^u -A q { . n rded 



that some of i. In t' 



fawns are spotted, but -n winter are u d in 



dark brown, an.-- , a Hg!, 



The fawns of the h r are 



spotted, and there are rows of spots in t ;>elage of 



the adults, which are lost in winter, to be rene\v i. In a 



large number of deer belonging to different groups and with very 

 different haunts and habits, the spotted coat of the fawn is shed in a 

 few months, and although there may be regular changes from summer 

 to winter and from winter to summer pelage t ..gain 



reappear. This happens with the comir and 



wapiti and their allies all round Europ 



with Eld's deer, roe-deer, the Chint ittle 



brocket deer of America, the Vir- 

 the very peculiar musk-deer. Final] 

 to different groups in which there i 



or the adult. Amongst these an' the 



Philippine Islands form, the mur : the Ameri- 



^uemals and pampas deer. It otice 



spots tend to disappear ii hern 



of deer, and that they are i not 



not 



Tlie pig-like little chevrotains or mouse-deei come e to the 



ruminants, but do not actually nr 



mediate between deer and - a very 



