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Roes 



/ . S c. [878, p. 917 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 54 (1896) ; Satunin, 

 Zoo/, yahrb. Syst. vol. ix. p. 310 (1896). 



Characters. — Closely allied to the last, but of larger size, the height at 

 the shoulder, according to Pallas and Brandt, varying from about 28 to 34 

 inches. Ears relatively shorter, wider, less pointed, and much more 

 thickly haired, both externally and internally. Antlers larger, more 

 divergent, and much more rugose on the inner border, where they form a 

 series of small irregular, nodular snags. Winter pelage much thicker and 



Fie;. 61. — Antlers of Siberian Roe. From a photograph lent by Mr. Carl Hagcnbcck. 



rougher than in the European species, being quite shaggy on the sides and 

 lower portion of the head, chest, and under-parts ; the back, which is 

 coloured a mixture of yellowish and grayish brown, is more distinctly 

 speckled with blackish, and the white rump-patch extends in a short V on 

 to the rlanks. The summer coat is a brighter and lighter rufous, with the 

 hair- lying more smoothly ; when first donned it shows little or no signs of 

 a light rump-patch, but, apparently by fading, a yellowish white disk 

 gradually develops in this region as the season advances. The face-mark- 

 are generally similar to those of the European species. Other features 



