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GREAT AXIS. 



The existence of this species, or variety, is as- 

 certained from a pair of horns in the British Mu- 

 seum, resembhng the former kinds in shape, but 

 of larger size : they measure two feet nine inches 

 in length, are of a Avhitish colour, and are very 

 strong, thick, and rugged. Mr. Pennant con- 

 jectures that they Avere brought from Ceylon or 

 Borneo, having been informed by Mr. Loten, 

 who had long resided in the former of these 

 islands, that a very large kind of stag, as tall as a 

 horse, of a reddish colour, and with trifurcated 

 horns, existed there as well as in Borneo. In 

 Borneo they are said to frequent low marshy 

 tracts, and to be called by the name of Water 

 Stags. 



TAILLESS ROE. 



Cervus Pygargus. C. canda nulla, cornibus trifurcis. Lin. Si/st, 

 Nat, Gmel.p, i"]^. Vail. it. i.p. f)^. 



Tailless brown Deer, yellowish beneath, white behind, with tri- 

 furcated horns, and nose surrounded with black. 



Cervus Aha. S, G. Qjnelin it. ^. p. 496. t. 56. 



Tailless Deer. Pennant Quadr. i»p. 121, 



This species is described in the fust volume of 

 Dr. Pallas's Travels, and is a native of the moun- 

 tainous parts of Hircania, Russia, and Siberia; 

 inhabiting the loftiest parts of those regions, but 



