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bod. It inhabit^ reedy marshes and the islands of large rivers, never entering the mountains or 

 forests. The tail is Bhort, with no caudal Wise and no heavy mane. 



Tho Samboo, Rusa Ariatotelis, is the Cervus hippelaphus of Ogilby, Cervus unkolor of H. 

 Smith, Cerfdt Coromandel oi Cuvier, Cervus Bengalensis of Schirz, Daim Noir de Bengale of 

 Duvaucell, the Samboo-Deer of Bennett, Cervus heterocerus of Hodgson. The last author de- 

 scribes four varieties of this animal. They are natives of various parts of India, and inhabit great 

 forests and th<' mountains above them. They are not gregarious, and pair and drop their horns 

 in spring. 



The Spotted Rosa, Gbrvbr or Goweb, RusaDimorphe, is red-brown. 



The Samboe, faequinus, is the Rusa of Raffles; the Eland or Elk of the Dutch sportsmen. 

 It inhabits Sumatra and Borneo, and is of a plain brown color. 



The Smaller Ri ba, R. Peronii, is a native of Timor and Luboc, Bavian and Ternate. 



The Philippine Rusa, R. Philippinus, is the C. Marianus of Cuvier, and is a native of the 

 Philippines. 



The Sundevali Ri ba, R. lepida, is a native of Java. It is scarcely as large as a roebuck. 



The Mijangah Banjoe, R. hippelaphus, is the Cervus hippelaphus of Cuvier. Its size and 

 proportions are those of the stag, but its hair is rougher and harder, and when adult that of the 

 upper part of the neck, of the cheeks', and of the throat is long, and forms a sort of beard and 

 mane. In winter its color is of a grayish-brown more or less deep; in summer it is of a brighter 

 and more golden brown. It is a native of Bengal, Sumatra, and the islands of the Indian Archi- 

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THE AXIS DEER. 



The Axis, Axis maculata, is the Axis of Pliny; Cerj Cochon of Buffon. In size and general 

 form it nearly resembles the common fallow-deer. The skin is at all times of a rich fawn-color j 

 spotted with white. The young resemble the parents. It is a native of India and the larger 

 islands of the Indian Archipelago; very abundant in Bengal, and on the banks of the Ganges. It 

 haunts the thick jungles iii the vicinity of water, and the British sportsmen hunt it under the J 

 name of the Spotted Hog-Deer. It feeds in the night; and is timid, indolent, and mild, excepting 

 when the females have young, and then the male is bold and fierce. It is easily domesticated, 

 and in England has propagated freely in captivity. The species has been kept w.ith success both 

 in menageries and open parks, to both of which its form and color make it an elegant ornament. .' 



