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kind of barking, not unlike the voice of the Stag, and his 

 manners are also similar. In India all the varieties are 

 known by the general name of Hog-deer, and called in the 

 Moorish language used in the country, Parrah. They are 

 found most usually in the heavy grass jungles in the lower 

 provinces, and to the northward in the Jow and Surput 

 jungles along the banks of the rivers ; they feed in pre- 

 ference on the silky grass, used for making twine, called 

 Moonge, if it be found near some heavy covers where they 

 breed, and from whence the female leads her fawns in 

 twelve or fifteen days after birth. They are extremely 

 indolent, feeding at night, and passing most of the day in 

 sleep ; and, perhaps, on that account they are averse to, 

 and will not remain in the vicinity of, Wild Pea-fowl. 

 They are fleet for a short distance. The doe is seldom seen 

 in an advanced state of pregnancy, keeping at that time in 

 the cover, and the bucks are then very vigilant and fierce 

 in their defence. 



The Spotted Porcine Axis is a smaller variety, with a 

 shorter head, and still shorter legs. Their horns are very 

 slender, and the branches only short processes. In the 

 colouring of their fur the white spots are smaller and more 

 irregularly disposed, and the forehead is without the dark 

 central spot. The cross breed between the large and 

 smaller varieties partakes of both, having the large body 

 with the regular row of oval spots and some marks on the 

 face, as in the former, and the short fore-legs, elevated 

 croup, shorter head, and slender horns of the latter. It is 

 asserted that the Axis and Fallow-doe have bred in England. 



The Brown Porcine Axis. (Cervus Porcinus.) It is a 

 question whether this be a variety or a species ; if there be 

 no error in Mr. Pennant's description of Lord Clive's speci- 



seeming cause, but we have never observed it in others, and be- 

 lieve the present instance to have arisen from a private cause not 

 attributable to the species. 



