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HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



THE ROE-BUCK. 

 (Cermts Capreolus, Linn. La Chevrcuil, Buif. ) 



THE Roe was formerly common in many parts of 

 England and Wales; but at present it is to be 

 found only in the Highlands of Scotland. It is the 

 smallest of all the Deer kind, being only three feet 

 four inches long, and somewhat more than two 

 feet in height: the horns are from eight to nine 

 inches long, upright, round, and divided into three 

 branches; the body is covered with long hair; the 

 lower part of each hair is ash colour ; near the end 

 is a narrow bar of black, and the point is yellow; 

 the hairs on the face are black, tipped with ash 

 colour; the ears are long, their insides of a pale 

 yellow, and covered with long hair; the chest, belly, 

 legs, and the inside of the thighs, are of a yellowish 

 white; the rump is of a pure white, and the tail 

 very short. 



