Description of a new Deer. 



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The brow antler advances directly forward from the burr, 

 and bending upwards and outwards, terminates in a point, 

 which if prolonged, would meet the summit of the horn, and 

 thus complete an almost perfect circle. 



A single little snag sometimes shoots out promiscuously 

 from the base of one or other horn, more frequently from 

 that of the brow antler. 



The length of the horn following the curve is three feet, 

 and that of the brow antler twenty inches. The circum- 

 ference of the horn is five and half inches, that of the brow 

 antler five inches, and both together form one extended 

 and uniform curve of four feet and seven inches ; the horns 

 spreading laterally from each other to a distance of three 

 feet, and then approaching at their bases to an inch or an 

 inch and half. 



The body in its general symmetry is light; the limbs slen- 

 der but strong; the hoofs long, black, and pointed; the 

 head is carried erect ; the tail short and conspicuous in the 

 summer dress ; but only appearing as a short tuft in the 

 thick winter coat. 



The coat is thick and dense in winter, longer and coarser 

 on the neck than on other parts, forming a thick but un- 

 defined mane of straight, harsh, and coarse hair, five or six 

 inches long in the winter, but in summer the mane is more 

 defined. From the withers, the hair becomes shorter, dimi- 

 nishing towards the tail, which in summer is thinly clad, 

 though in winter it is covered with a dense clothing of hair 

 in common with all the upper-parts of the body. On the 

 face, the muzzle, the limbs, and the external ears the hair is 

 short, close, and compact ; on the lower surface of the chest 

 it is coarse and short ; it is thin, lengthy, and fine on the 

 under-parts of the belly. The inner parts of the thighs and 

 upper and inner-parts of the forelegs, are also thinly clad. 



The colour changes from yellowish brown in summer to a 

 brownish grey in winter ; during summer, brownish grey 



