300 MAMMALIA. PECORA. Deer. 



Dama virginiana. Raj. quad. 86. — Cervus platyceros. Sloan, Jam. ii. 328. — Chevreuil. Du 

 Pratz, Louif. ii. 69. — Fallow Deer. Lawfon, Carol. 1 23. Catefby, Carol, app. xxviii. Bricknell, 

 North. Carol. 109. 



Inhabits Carolina and Virginia. — Has a considerable refemblance to the Fallow Deer, but is higher 

 at the Shoulders, and has a longer tail and longer legs ; the colour likewife is lighter, being an afh 

 coloured or cinereous brown. It is gregarious, very reftlefs, acTive, and eafily domefticated ; and in 

 winter lives much on the mofs, or lichens, which grow on the trunks of trees. The flefh. is dry, but 

 ufeful to the Indians, who dry it for their winter provifion. The fldns are a great article of com- 

 merce, and make excellent pliable leather for gloves and breeches. 



6. Axis. — Cervus Axis. 



Has ereft rounded horns, with three fnags or branches pointing upwards, and no brow 

 antlers. 



651 a. Spotted Axis.— C. Axis maculatns. 



The body is fpotted with white : The horns are flender, and the firfh branch is near the 

 bafe. Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. 1 79. n. 9. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 47. 



Axis. Sin. -Buff. vi. 230. pi. clxxviii. clxxix. Plin. hift nat. viii. c. 21. Raj. quad. 89. Belon, 

 obf. 119 — Speckled Deer. Nieuhoff, in Church, voy. i. 262. 



Inhabits the banks of the Ganges and the ifland of Ceylon.— Is about the fize of a Fallow Deer; 

 of a light red colour, beautifully marked with white fpots, and having a white line along the lower 

 part of the fides near the belly: The tail is longifh, of a red colour above and white beneath. This 

 animal is very eafily tamed, and bears the climate of Europe, having bred in the Prince of Orange's 

 menagerie at the Hague. 



652 j3. Middle Axis. — C. Axis unicolor. 



The body is of an uniform light red colour : The horns are rough, ftrong, and three- 



ferked. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 48. 



Inhabits the dry hilly forefts of Ceylon, Borneo, Celebes, and Java.— Is about the fize of a Stagy 

 being larger than the Spotted Axis ; goes together in herds of feveral hundreds ; becomes very fat. 

 The flefh is cut into fmall pieces, faked, and dried in the fun, for provifion. 



653 y. White Axis. — C. Axis albus. 



Refembles the former in every thing, except being white. Penn. hift. of quad. p. 106. 

 Inhabits with the former, and is reckoned a great rarity. 



£54 J\ Larger Axis. — C. Axis major. 



Of a reddifh brown colour, with very thick, large, ftrong, and rugged three-forked 



horns. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 48 *. 



Inhabits 



