MAMMALIA. PECORA. • Deer. 299 



hift. an. ii. c. j.— T$«yiX*p«s. Plin. hift. nat. viii. c. 33. — Tragelaphus. Gefn quad. 1101. Char- 

 let, exerc. 12 Hippelaphus mas, or Rofshirich. Jonft. quad. t. 35. — Brandhirfch, and Pferd- 



hirfch. Gefi"u thierb. 199. 200. 



y, Corfican Stag.— 3. y. C. Elaphus corficanus. 



Is fmaller, and of a deep brown colour. Erxleb. mam. 304. 



Corfican Stag, with ftraight antlers, or Small Red Deer. Sm. BufF. iv. p. 115'. pi. liii. — Small 

 Stag of Barbary ? Shaw's travels, 243. 



<T. Canadian Stag. — 3. $-. C. Elaphus caniden/ts. 



Having very large horns, Erxleb. mam. 305. Briff. regn. an. 88. n. 3. 



Stag. Brickn. North Carol. 109. — Virginian Stag. Dale, Phil. Tranf. n. 444. p. 384 — Caro- 

 linian Stag. Lawfon, Carol. 123. — American Stag. Catelby, Carol, app. xxvui. 



g. Chinefe Stag. — C. Elaphus minntus. 



About the fize of a Common Dog. Du Halde, i. 122. Penn. hift. of quad, n. 104. 



Inhabits the province of Sunnan iri Chinal 



The feveral varieties of the Stag inhabit Europe, Barbary, the north of Afia as far as Japan, and 

 North America. — The otag lives in herds, of many females with their young, under the guidance of 

 one male; it is in general a gentle fhy animal, but becomes furious and dangerous in the rutting fea- 

 fon, in the months oi Auguft and September, and when teazed with the gad-fly. In Auguft the males 

 feek after the females with a violent braying, and fight violently among themfelves for the choice. 

 The female, which has feldom any horns, goes eight months with young, and brings very feldom two 

 at a birth. The males drop their horns in February and March, and recover them completely in July. 

 The Stag is a very elegantly made animal, ufually about three feet and a half high at the fhoulder ; 

 its general colour, on the upper parts of the body, is a reddifh brown, and whitifh on the under parts, 

 being very feldom found entirely white ; the younger animals are fpotted with white. Under the eyes 

 is fituated, on each fide, a diftincl: furrow, or lachrymal foffa : The number of branches or ftiags on 

 the horns increafes yearly, even as far as twenty on each horn ; but in extreme age they diminifh : 

 The fkin makes a pliable and durable leather, ufually named Buck-fkin, or Doe-ikin, and is employ- 

 ed for making gloves and breeches ; the horns are ufed for making handles to knives, fwords, and 

 other inftruments, and by chemifts for diftilling volatile alkali : The Stag feeds on grafs, corn, and 

 the twigs, flowers, buds, and catkins of various trees, fuch as the Cornel, Poplar, Willow, Hazel, and 

 others. When in good condition, the fiefh, under the name of venifon, is reckoned a great delicacy. 



650 5- Virginian Deer.— 6. Cervus <virginianus. 8. 



Has flender horns, bending much forwards, very flightly palmated at the extremi- 

 ties, with numerous branches on the interior edges, and having no brow antlers. 

 Penn. hift. of quad. n. 46. pi. xi. f. 2. 



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