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the horns are round, and become very large with 

 age, but never have more than one antler toward 

 the base, and the point forked. Originally of 

 Bengal, but propagates easily in all countries. 

 The species with little horns are called Roebucks. 



The Roebuck of Europe, (Cervus Capreolus, Lin.) Buff. VI. 



XXXII. XXXIII. 



Yellow- gray, with white haunches, without la- 

 chrymal sinus, almost tailless; the horns of the 

 male short, erect, forked at the extremity, with 

 an antler in front of the trunk of the horn. There 

 are some individuals bright-red and others 

 blackish. This species lives in couples in the 

 elevated forests of the temperate parts of Eu- 

 rope ; loses its horns at the end of autumn, re- 

 produces them during winter, enters into heat 

 in November, and is gravid nine months and a 

 half. The flesh is much more esteemed than 

 that of the stag. There are none in Russia. 



The Roebuck of Tartary,(C. Pygargus, Pal.) Schreb. ccliii. 



Similar to ours, but with the horns more prickly 

 at the base ; the hair longer ; nearly of the size 

 of a deer. It inhabits the elevated countries 

 on the other side of the Volga. 



The Roebuck of India, (Cerv. Muntjac, Gm.) Buff. Supp. 



VII. xxvi. 



Smaller than ours, with a tail, lachrymal sinuses, 



