ROEBUCK 



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tuberances, but sometimes develop properly formed antlers. The antlers of the 



does are never shed; those of the bucks are shed about the middle of December. 



After four months, by the middle of April, the new antlers are generally clear 



of velvet, and complete. 



_. . .. , Roebuck are not found in the extreme north, but with that 



Distribution 



and Habits of exception are distributed over the whole of Europe and the greater 



part of Asia north of the Himalaya. At the present day they survive 



in England, Scotland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Holland, 



Hungary, Galicia, Transylvania, in the plains of the Danube, in Denmark, southern 



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A FOUR-TEAR- OLD ROEBUCK. 



Sweden, Poland, Lithuania, and the Baltic provinces. In Switzerland the roe is 

 nearly exterminated, and in Turkey and Greece it is very rare. In northern and 

 central Russia it is not to be found at all, but in the Ukraine and Crimea it 

 reappears. In Asia roe are met with in Armenia, Asia Minor, Syria, and Persia. 

 They are also found in central and southern Siberia, eastward to the countries at the 

 mouth of the Amur, and southward to the Manchurian mountains ; but the Siberian 

 roebuck is a larger species than the European one, from which the Manchurian 

 roebuck is likewise distinct. In barren high ground they are rare; and in Europe 

 they are not met with far up on the mountains. In the Tyrol roe range up to 

 5000 feet, in the Caucasus to 6500 feet, and in southern Siberia to 10,000 feet. In 



