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son. It inhabits reedy marshes and the islands of large rivers, never entering the mountains or 
forests. The tail is short, with no caudal disc and no heavy mane. 
The Samboo, Husa Aristotelis^ Is the Cervus hippelaphus of Ogilby, Gervus unicolor of H. 
Smith, Cerf de Goromandel of Cuvier, Cervus Bengalensis of Schirz, Daim Noir de Bengale of 
Duvaucell, the Samhoo-Deer of Bennett, Cervus heterocerus of Hodgson. The last author de- 
scribes four varieties of this animal. They are natives of various parts of India, and inhabit great 
forests and the moimtains above them. They are not gregarious, and pair and drop their horns 
in spring. 
The Spotted Rusa, Gerver or Gower, Husa Dimorphe, is red-brown. 
The Samboe, R.equinas^ is the Rusa of Raffles; the Eland or Elk of the Dutch sportsmen. 
It inhabits Sumatra and Borneo, and is of a plain brown color. 
The Smaller Rusa, B. Feronii, is a native of Timor and Luboc, Bavian and Ternate. 
The Philippine Rusa, R. Philip)p>inus^ is the C. Marianus of Cuvier, and is a native of the 
Philippines. 
The SuNDEVALL Rusa, R. lepida^ is a native of Java. It is scarcely as large as a roebuck. 
The MijANGAN Banjoe, R. hippelaphus^ is the Gervus hippelaphus of Cuvier. Its size and 
proportions are those of the stag, but its hair is rougher and harder, and when adult that of the 
upper part of the neck, of the cheeks, and of the throat is long, and forms a sort of beard and 
mane. In winter its color is of a grayish-brown more or less deep ; in summer it is of a brighter 
and more golden brown. It is a native of Bengal, Sumatra, and the islands of the Indian Archi- 
pelago. 
THE AXIS DEER. 
The Axis, Axis maculata, is the Axis of Pliny ; Ger/ Gochon of Buflfon. In size and general 
form it nearly resembles the common fallow-deer. The skin is at all times of a rich fawn-color 
spotted with white. The young resemble the parents. It is a native of India and the larger 
islands of the Indian Archipelago ; very abundant in Bengal, and on the banks of the Ganges. It 
haunts the thick jungles in the vicinity of water, and the British sportsmen hunt it under the 
name of the Spotted Hog-Deer, It feeds in the night; and is timid, indolent, and mild, excepting 
when the females have young, and then the male is bold and fierce. It is easily domesticated, 
and in England has propagated freely in captivity. The species has been kept with success both 
in menageries and open parks, to both of which its form and color make it an elegant ornament. 
