. Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina . l. Nat. p. 92, CHARACTER SPECIFICUS, &c. Cervus cornibus ramofis teretibus eredis: funtimitate bifida. Lin. S\fl. Nat. f. cornibus teretibus ereftis. Brijs. regn. an. -p. 89. n. » Gefih ^adr. p. 324. 1098, CERVUS Capreolus, Europs-orum minimus, diftinguitUr cornubus ut plu-rimum trifurcis, raro paucas unclas longitudine fuperantibus. Formapulchra et eleganti, eo noftratibus gratior eft, quod non advena fit et exoti-cus, fed indigena et quafi autoftlion; in hunc ufque diem in nonnuUis Scotismontibus ferus et juxta naturam de
. Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina . l. Nat. p. 92, CHARACTER SPECIFICUS, &c. Cervus cornibus ramofis teretibus eredis: funtimitate bifida. Lin. S\fl. Nat. f. cornibus teretibus ereftis. Brijs. regn. an. -p. 89. n. » Gefih ^adr. p. 324. 1098, CERVUS Capreolus, Europs-orum minimus, diftinguitUr cornubus ut plu-rimum trifurcis, raro paucas unclas longitudine fuperantibus. Formapulchra et eleganti, eo noftratibus gratior eft, quod non advena fit et exoti-cus, fed indigena et quafi autoftlion; in hunc ufque diem in nonnuUis Scotismontibus ferus et juxta naturam degens. B b 2 Color ( i8o ) Color ei fufco-cinereus, ferrugineo leviter perfufus. Corporis inferlora longepallidiora fere albicant. Facies prope oculos et fuper roftrum nigricat. An-teit pernicitate Capreolus reliquos plerofque congeneres. Ingenio timidiffimo, ^gerrime cicur evadit: nee gregatim incedit, ut foletmao-na pars cervini generis, fed parvulis tantum eft feleftis manipulis, faepif-finae e mare, femina, ec hinnuleis conftantibus. THE. ( i8i ) THE ROEBUCK. GENERIC CHARACTER. Horns upright, folid, branched, annually cutting teeth in the lower jaw j none in the upper. Pennant. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. Deer with fmaUifh upright rough trifurcated Pennant, ^ladr. p. Chevreuil. Buff. 6. p. 289. pi. 22. 23. THE Roebuck is the fmalleft of the European Deer, and is diftinguifhedby its fliort and generally trifurcated horns, which feldom exceed thelength of a few inches. It is not only pleafing in its general appearance,but becomes more peculiarly interefting from its being a native of our owniflandi and is ftili found in its natural or wild ftate in fome parts of Scot-land, Its C i32 ) Its colour is a cinereous brown, with a nightly ferruginous caftj the lowerparts of the body being much paler or whitifb. The face on the parts nearthe eyes, and the muzzle are blackifh. This fpecies is remarkable for its ex-treme fwifcnefs, in which refpecT: it fur
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