CLASS I. MAMMALIA: ORDER 9. RUMINANTIA 



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The C. Corsicus is a small variety of red deer found in Corsica. 



The Barbary Deer, 0. Barbarus, is chiefly distinguished from the common stag, and the Al- 

 gerian variety of it, by its smaller size, stouter form, and more permanently spotted fur. It is the 

 Bush-Goat of the Moors, and inhabits ths coasts of Barbary. 



The Bara Singa or Morl, C. Wallickii, is an Indian species. It is also found in Persia, where 

 it is called Maral, Gevezu, or Gookoohee. It is the Cervus Pygargus of Hardwicke; also the 

 Jesrael or Tailless Deer and Red Deer of India. 



The Saul-Forest Stag, C. affinis, is the Stroa or Tibetan Stag of Hodgson, the Bara Singa 

 of the Hindoos. The bones are as heavy and as large as those of the Wapiti. 



The Sika, C. Sika, is of a dark-brown color, and has rather slender horns. It is a native of 

 Japan. 



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THE COMMON DEER OF EUROPE. 



The Common Deer of Europe, or Fallow-Deer, Darna vulgaris — the Dairn of the French ; 

 the Damhirsch of the Germans — is smaller, feebler, and more common-place in its character than 

 the red deer. It closely resembles our common deer. In summer both sexes have the back, 

 flanks, and thighs of a fulvous-brown color, diversified with numerous white spots. In winter 

 these parts are wholly brown ; the haunches are always white. The general form is light, and 

 the movements elegant. In various parts of Europe they are found wild, living in considerable 

 flocks; they are also met with in a half-domesticated state in the parks of wealthy proprietors. 

 This is especially the case in England, where the herds of Fallow-Deer, variously colored and 

 marked, are a pleasing ornament of the rich lawns which spread before the castles and country- 

 t seats of that country. There are many varieties of this species, some- being brown, some spotted, 

 and some milk-white. It is represented on the sculptures of Nineveh. 



The Sungnai, Panolia BJldii, is an Indian species of Deer. 



The Bahrainga, Rucervus Duvaueellii, is another Indian species. It is called the Spotted Deer 

 ■ of the Sunderbunds, and Barara Singha, by Hardwicke. It is the Cervus Elaphoides of Hodg- 



