190 THE ROEBUCK. 
at first sight appear to be scattered irregularly, but are seen on a careful 
inspection to be arranged in oblique curved lines. There is also a white 
streak across the haunches. There are, however, many varieties of the Axis 
Deer, which differ in size as well as in colour. The height of the adult Axis 
is almost equal to that of the Fallow Deer. 
THE ROEBUCK is smaller than the Fallow Deer, being only two feet and 
three or four inches in length at the shoulder, but, although so small, can be 
really a formidable animal, on account 
of its rapid movements and great com- 
parative strength. 
It is not found in large herds like the 
Fallow Deer, but is strictly monogamous, 
the single pair living together, contented 
with each other’s society. The horns of 
this animal have no basal snag, and rise 
straight from the forehead, throwing out 
one antler in front, and one or two behind, 
according to the age of the individual. 
From the base of the horn to the first 
antler the horn is thickly covered with 
wrinkles. It is a most active little Deer, 
always preferring the highest grounds, 
thence forming a contrast to the Fallow 
Deer, which loves the plains. It is seldom 
Q 7. seen in England in a wild state, but may 
ROEBUCK.—(Cafréolus Caprea.) “une be met with in many parts of Scot- 
and. 
The colour of the Roebuck is very variable, but is generally as follows, 
The body is always of a brown tint as a ground hue, worked with either red 
or grey, or remaining simply brown. Round the root of the tail is a 
patch of pure white hair, and the abdomen and inside of the limbs are 
greyish white. The chin is also white, and there is a white spot on each 
side of the lips. ; 
THE MOSCHINE DEER are readily known by the absence of horns in both 
sexes, the extremely long canine teeth of the upper jaw in the males, and the 
powerfully odorous secretion in 
one of the species, from which 
they derive their popular as well 
as their scientific title. There 
are at least eight or nine species 
of these curious animals. 
THE most celebrated of these 
little Deer is the common Musk 
DEER, which is a native of the 
northern parts of India, and is 
found spread throughout a very 
large range of country, always 
preferring the cold and elevated 
D mountainous regions. The height 
MUSK DEER.—(Adoschus Moschiferus.) of the adult Musk Deer is about 
two feet three inches at the 
shoulders ; the colour is a light brown, marked with a shade of greyish 
yellow. Inhabiting the rocky and mountainous locations of its native home, 
it is remarkably active and sure-footed, rivalling even the chamois or the 
goat in the agility with which it can ascend or descend the most fearful 
