. Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean . ^^ Fig. 16. Cervus leucurus. No. 2928. White Earth river, Nebraska. Both liorns fromthe left. Size inches to the inch. This horn is much compressed antero-posteriorly,at its terminal or upper half, as in the moose or reindeer. It may possibly be a C. macroHs,but is labelled by Lieutenant Warren C. virginianus, and most probably is the white-taileddeer of the Upper Missouri. Fig. 17. Cervus leucurus. No. 3203. Whidbys island, Pugets
. Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean . ^^ Fig. 16. Cervus leucurus. No. 2928. White Earth river, Nebraska. Both liorns fromthe left. Size inches to the inch. This horn is much compressed antero-posteriorly,at its terminal or upper half, as in the moose or reindeer. It may possibly be a C. macroHs,but is labelled by Lieutenant Warren C. virginianus, and most probably is the white-taileddeer of the Upper Missouri. Fig. 17. Cervus leucurus. No. 3203. Whidbys island, Pugets Sound. The true of Douglas, Right horn from inside. Size, inches to the inch. 652 U. S. p. K. R. KXl. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY GENERAL REPORT. The only skin before me from any point near to the original locality of C. leucurus is a por-tion of a hide sent from Steilacoom by Dr. Suckley. It has the general appearance of theC. virginiamis, but is considerably redder, the annulation more distinct, on a darker ground,. Fig. 18. Cervui leuctirus. No. 829. Big Sioux, Nebraska. Head from before, showing a remarkabledevelopment of points. Size, inches to the inch. and the hair generally fuller, longer, and finer. There is a decided deepening of color alongthe dorsal line. Thickly interspersed among the other hairs are numerous single ones entirelywhite. There is quite an appreciable diiFerence in the color of the hair. To give the full history and characters of this deer will require a larger amount of materialthan that at present at my command, although I have little doubt of its diflFerence specificallyfrom the Virginia deer. Whether the skins I have described from the Missouri and Platte arereally the same with those from the Columbia river and Pugets Sound, is far from being satisfac-torily ascertained. One thing is certain, that the former are by no means characterized by greatlength of tail; this, as far as I can judge, being but little longer than in the C. vir
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