302 GREY DEER. 



the pedestals, the surface of the last has the ap- 

 pearance of a rose 



GREY DEER. 



Ccrvus Guineensis. C, griseus, subtus nigricans. Lin. Syst, 



Nat. p. 94. Mns. Ad. Fr. 1, p, 12. 

 Grey Deer^ blackish beneath. 

 Grey Deer. Pennant Qnadr. i.p. 181. 



This obscure species is described by Linnaius, 

 in his work entitled Musceum Adolphi Friderici ; 

 but, as the horns were wanting in the specimen 

 described^^it remains doubtful whether the animai 

 should most properly be considered as a Deer^ 

 Musk, or female Antelope. 



Its size is that of a Cat : the colour grey, with a 

 line of black between the ears, a large spot of 

 black above the eyes, and on each side of the 

 throat a line of black, pointing downwards : the 

 middle of the breast black ; the fore legs and sides 

 of the belly, as far as the hams, marked with 

 black ; the ears rather long ; the under side of the 

 tail black. It is said to be a native of Guinea. 



* In Mr. Allamand's description of this species, in the sixth 

 supplemental volume of BufFon, we are informed that its colour ifi 

 a greyish brown, palef beneath ; that the breast and insides of the 

 thighs are whitish, and that the tongue is extremely long, so that 

 the animal can extend it even beyond the eyes. 



