ROEBUCK 



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ami several other parts of Germany; their colour being generally grey in 

 winter and brownish black in summer, with a lighter shade beneath and on 

 the inner side of the legs. 



ROEBUCK WITH THE ANTLERS IN VELVET. 



When black roebuck change their coat in spring, they are at first light in 

 colour, so that they are only recognisable by their heads as of that variety. Of 

 the same character are the so-called " black-humps," which in summer are red ; but 

 in winter, on the neck and back, and sometimes even down to the centre of the 



