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deer, Cervus canadensis , one of the largest of the deer 
kind, is kept in it. The animals, male and female, have 
on the whole thriven well, and have even bred, but the 
young one was unfortunately killed at its birth. They 
are never exposed to the sun, except in the very early 
morning, and just before sunset ; every care being taken 
to preserve their health. The Wapiti is restricted to 
North America. It is closely allied to Cervus affinis t 
or the Shou , which frequents the Chumbi valley that inter¬ 
venes between Independent Sikkim and Bhutan. But 
the Committee have not yet succeeded in obtaining any 
examples of this handsome deer, although many endea¬ 
vours have been made to procure it. The horns of 
the Wapiti are also so similar to a deer found in the 
Thian-shan Mountains of Western Turkestan, that it is 
hardly possible to distinguish between them. These deer 
are included in that section of the genus Cervus to which the 
Red Deer belongs, and in which there is a second brow- 
antler above the brow-antler below, the latter forming 
a right angle to the beam, and in which the posterior 
terminal tine is more strongly developed than the anterior 
terminal tine. This group is also distinguished by a 
light patch surrounding the tail. The young of the deer 
of this group are spotted. 
Returning to the paddocks on the left, we now continue 
the series of the Cervidce. The deer are arranged according 
as the ground suits their habits. 
The first species met with is the Cervus taevanus , 
belonging to the sub-genus Pseudaxis , an inhabitant of the 
mountains of Formosa and restricted to that island. 
The full grown male has antlers about twice as long as 
its head, with a short brow-antler given off at an acute 
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