MAMMALIA. PECORA. Deer. 



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fpring is quite rough and erecl; on the belly and limbs it is yellowifh; the fpace round the nofe, and 

 the fides of" the under lip are black, but the point of the lip is white ; the hairs of the eye-lids^ and 

 round the orbits, afe long and black ; the horns are very rugged at the bafes, and full of knobs; the 

 ears are covered on the infide with a very thick white fur. At the approach of winter, this animal 

 becomes hoary, and defcends into the plains ; it is called Dikeja Roza by the Ruffians, Saiga by the 

 Tartars, which name is ufed in Ruffia for the Scythian Antelope, and Ahu, or Aha, by the Perfians. 



11. Mexican Deer. — 9, Cervus mexicanus. 11. 



Has ftrong, thick, rugged horns, bending forwards, three-forked at their extremities, 

 and having one ereft fnag about two inches above the bafe : Of a reddifh colour. 

 Penn. hift. of quad. n. 52. 



Cervus major, or Biche des bois, with very fhort fmall horns. Barrere, Fr. equin. 151. Teut- 



lal-macame. Hernand. mex. 324. — Baieu. Bancroft, Guian. 122. 



Inhabits New Spain, Guiana, and Brafil. — This fpecies is about the fize of the Roe; it is of a red- 

 difh colour, and is fpotted with white when young. The head is large, with large bright eyes,* and 

 a thick neck. The horns are apt to vary in the number of their branches ; and the flefh is much in- 

 ferior to venifon. 



*** Uncertain fpecies. 



Befides thefe above defcribed, there are feveral fpecies or varieties of Deer, mentioned in authors, 

 which are fo flightly noticed as to render it difficult to determine whether they are diftinft fpecies, 

 or only varieties of fome of thofe already taken notice of- 



a. Tema-macame.— Cervus Temama* 

 Hernand. hift. nat. mexic. p. 325. 



/3. Cuguacu-apara. — Cervus Cuguapara. 



Marcgr. Braf. 235. Pifo, Ind. 97. f. p. 98. 



y, Cuguacu-ete. — Cervus Cuguete, 

 Marcgr. Braf. Pifo, Ind. loc. cit. 



J\ Biche des Bois. — Cervus fylvaticus. 

 Barrere, France equinoct. 1 j„ 



g. Biche des paletuviers.. — Cervus paludofus. 

 Barrere, hi loco citat. 



£. Mazame. — Cervus Mazame, 

 Smellie's ed. of Buffon, vii. 30. 



