DEE 
inferior Hr^e, furnifhed with rough and ftrong tri- 
furcated horns. They arc of a light red colour, 
without any fpots, but fometimes varying to white ; 
and are efteeined very curious. They inhabit the 
dry mountainous forcils of Ceylon, Borneo, Cele- 
bes, and Java, in large herds. In Java and Cele- 
bes, where they grow remarkaijly far, there are 
ufually great hunting-matches; and numbers of 
them afe frequently killed at one time. Their 
fiefli is cut into fmall pieces, and dryed in the fun. 
Deer, Porcine. The height of this animal, 
from the fhoulders to the hoofs, is about two feet 
two inches ; and it's length, from the tip of the nofe 
to the infertion of the tail, is three feet fix iiiches. 
It's horns, which are {lender and trifurcated, are 
thirteen inches long, and fix inches diftant at the 
bafe. The head is about ten inches long ; the body 
is thick and clumfy; the legs are fine and flender; 
and the tail is about eight inches in length. The 
■upper parts of the neck, body, and fides, are of a 
brown colour ; but the belly and rump are lighter. 
This animal, which derives it's name of Porcine, 
or Hog-Deer, from the extraordinary thicknefs of 
it's body, has been occafionally imported into this 
country from India; and it is alio found in the 
ifland of Borneo. 
Deer, Rib-Faced. This fpecies is fo called 
from having three longitudinal ribs, whicli extend 
from the horns to the eyes. The horns, which are 
placed on a bony projection, are elevated three 
inches above the fcull, and covered with hair; 
they are alfo trifurcated, the upper fork being 
hooked ; and from the upper jaw on each fide there 
hangs a kind of tufk. This creature bears a pretty 
rtrong refemblance to the Porcine Deer, and is 
fomewhat fmaller than the roe-buck. It is a na- 
tive of Java and Ceylon; and, in the Malayan 
tongue, it is called kidang. Thefe kinds of Deer 
are very numerous in thofe countries; and their 
flefh is much efleemed for it's delicacy and flavour. 
Deer, Tailless. The colour of this animal 
refembles that of the roe-buck ; and it's whole coat, 
which is excefTively thick, appears quite rough and 
ereft in the fpring feafon. The horns are trifur- 
cated, and very rugged at their bafes ; the hair about 
the eye-lids and orbits is long and black; the ears 
are internally covered with a very thick fur ; the 
noie is black ; and a broad cutaneous excrefcence 
above the anus fupplies the want of a tail. 
Thefe animals are very common in all the tem- 
perate parts of RufTia and Siberia, efpecially the 
fhrubby mountainous trafts beyond the Wolga; 
and alfo in the mountains of Hyrcania. At the 
.approach of winter, they defcend into the open 
plains, and their hair at that feafon afTumes a hoary 
appearance. The Perfians denominate this fpecies 
of Deer the ahu; the Tartars, die fargaj and it is 
at prefent confidered as the Scythian antelope by 
the inhabitants of the Ruffian empire. 
Deer, Mexican. This creature is about the 
fize of the European roe; the colour of it's hair is 
reddifii; and, when young, it is fpotted with white. 
It has ftrong, thick, rugged horns, bending for- 
wards, ten inches long, and nine between point 
and point. The iiead is large; the neck is thick; 
and the eyes are full and bright. 
This fpecies, which inhabits Mexico, Guiana, 
and Brazil, is found not only in the interior parts 
of thefe countries, but alfo on the borders of their 
plantations. It is very diftincl from the roe of the 
old continent; and it's veniibn is inferior to that of 
Europe, 
DEN 
Deer, Grey. This fpecies fecms to be very 
obfcure ; nor are naturalifts agreed whether it is a 
Deer, a muflc, or a female antelope ; efpecially as 
the animals of this kind mentioned by I-innaeus 
are defcribed as having no horns. It is of a grey 
colour, and about the fize of a cat ; a line of black 
appears between the ears, and a large black ipor 
above the eyes ; and there is a line of the fame co^ 
lour on each fide of the throat, pointing down- 
wards. The middle of the breaft is black; the 
fore-legs, and the fides of the belly as far as the 
hams, are marked with black; the ears are longj 
and the under-fide of the tail is black. 
DEMOISELLE OF NUMIDIA. This bird 
receives it's name from it's particular adlions in 
walking, which (by it's frequent leaping and turn- 
ing round, and varying the motion of it's head at 
the fame time) refemble dancing. According to 
the Royal Academy at Paris, it meafures three feet 
and a half from the tip of the bill to the end of the 
feet, when extended ; but the ingenious Edwards, 
who has given a very accurate defcription of it 
from the life, fays that it appeared to him to ex- 
ceed the Parifian meafure, Confidered as a bird of 
the crane kind, the bill is fhort, and terminates 
in a point, the thicker part next the head is green* 
ifli, in the middle it gradually becomes yellow, 
and the point is red; the irides are of a fhining 
red colour; and the head and upper part of the 
neck are black, except the crown, which is- grey. 
Exaftly behind the eye there is a ruft of long, fofr, 
white feathers, tending backwards, and depending 
behind in a very graceful manner. The fore-part 
of the neck is covered with foft, long, and flender 
black feathers, which fall on the breaft in a very 
pleafmg form, fometimes clofe, and at others dc* 
tached like a lady's handkerchief. The hind^part 
of the neck, the whole body, the wings, and the 
tail, are of a blueifh afh-colour, except the greater 
quills, which are dufky, or rather black; and the 
tips of the tail-feathers are alfo blackifli. The legs 
are pretty long ; the feet are of a moderate fize, and 
entirely covered with dark or blackifh fcales; the 
claws are black ; and the legs are deftitute of fea- 
thers a confiderable way above the knees. 
DENTALE. An Italian fifh fomewhat re- 
fembling the fea-bream, though thicker and longer 
in proportion to it's fize. The head is depreffed; 
the fnout is oblong; the back is fharp, and of a 
dirty yellowifli green colour; and, in thofe which 
are large, fometimes purplifh, fprinkled with briglic 
blue and black fpots, which likewifc appear on the 
fides. There is a row of teeth in each jaw, of 
which four are more confpicuous than the reft, and 
refemble canine tejsth; from which circumftance 
this fifh has received it's name. The eyes are 
large, and encircled with golden irides. The Den- 
tale is very common in the markets of Venice and 
Rome, and generally weighs about three or four 
pounds. ' 
DENTALIA. A genus of univalve fhells-i 
which may be defined, fimple tubular fhelis, of a 
regular, determinate, curved, conical fhape, -and 
open at both extremities. The animal is a tere- 
bella. The common Dentalium, which is flender, 
and about an inch and a half long, is found on moft 
parts of the Britifli coafts. 
The fpecies in this family are but few; and none 
of the fofTil kinds are different from the recent. 
The genuine Dentalium, as defcribed by Tourne- 
fort, is of a tubular or conical form, about three 
inches long, of a fhining greenifh white colour, 
hollow. 
