QUADRUPEDS AND BIRDS. 



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Their weight is frequently very considerable — twenty or twenty-five pounds ; 

 and it is remarkable that both sexes have hoi'ns, while in all other members of 

 tlie deer race the males alone are in possession of this ornament or weapon. 



The female brings forth in May a single calf, rarely two. This is small and 

 weak, but after a few days it follows the mother, who suckles her young but a 



