140 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



state. The few that remain are kept in parks 

 among the Fallow-Deer, and are distinguished by 

 the name of Red-Deer. Its visciousness during the 

 rutting season, and the badness of its flesh, which 

 is poor and ill-flavoured, have occasioned almost 

 the extinction of the species. Some few are yet to 

 be found in the forests that border on Cornwall and 

 Devonshire, on most of the large mountains of 

 Ireland, and in the Highlands of Scotland, where 

 Dr. Johnson describes them as not exceeding the 

 Fallow-Deer in size, and their flesh of equal flavour. 

 The Red-Deer of this kingdom are nearly of the 

 same size and colour, without much variety : in 

 other parts of the world, they differ in form and 

 size, as well as in their horns and the colour of 

 their bodies. 



THE CORSICAN STAG. 



Is very small, not exceeding half the height of 

 ours; his body is short and thick, his hair of a 

 dark-brown colour, and his legs short. 



