The Descent of Man

the roebuck, to ten, twelve or even more
months in the stags of the six other and larger
species. (39. I am much obliged to Mr. Cupples
for having made enquiries for me in regard to
the Roebuck and Red Deer of Scotland from
Mr. Robertson, the experienced head-forester to
the Marquis of Breadalbane. In regard to Fallow-deer,
I have to thank Mr. Eyton and others
for information. For the Cervus alces of N.
America, see 'Land and Water,' 1868, pp. 221
and 254; and for the C. Virginianus and strongyloceros
of the same continent, see J.D. Caton,
in 'Ottawa Acad. of Nat. Sc.' 1868, p. 13. For
Cervus Eldi of Pegu, see Lieut. Beaven, 'Proccedings
of the Zoological Society,' 1867, p. 762.)
But with the reindeer the case is widely different;
for, as I hear from Prof. Nilsson, who
kindly made special enquiries for me in Lapland,
the horns appear in the young animals
within four or five weeks after birth, and at the
same time in both sexes. So that here we have a
structure, developed at a most unusually early