. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. PlO. ' -Mul» <««f (mk *atUn 1. KlUad la BfMta rwk. Colo. Now in h. Cuui Collociloa. t. lUachtall tfrnit of Whltatall t)r|ic T«k«ii mat MMk«r, Colo., ttoi. by H. CMiDb^ t- TUo. aooi Moakor, I« «». bf Chofloa Olrau. ⢠â » "T »⢠v.âpo«l. tells me that the cowboys of Routt and Rio Blanco counties got the idea that they could improve the quality of their venison by castrating a large number of bucks. In the spring tound-up of 1891 or ther
. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. PlO. ' -Mul» <««f (mk *atUn 1. KlUad la BfMta rwk. Colo. Now in h. Cuui Collociloa. t. lUachtall tfrnit of Whltatall t)r|ic T«k«ii mat MMk«r, Colo., ttoi. by H. CMiDb^ t- TUo. aooi Moakor, I« «». bf Chofloa Olrau. ⢠â » "T »⢠v.âpo«l. tells me that the cowboys of Routt and Rio Blanco counties got the idea that they could improve the quality of their venison by castrating a large number of bucks. In the spring tound-up of 1891 or thereabouts they castrated every Blacktail fawn they could find, and there were many. The only known result was that in the years that followed some extraordinary freak antlers were seen among the Black- tail. The most curious one that I saw is illustrated in Fig. 46. The tail of a Deer should s ways be noticed by the sports- tail man. It is the surest easy external mark of identification for those not skilled in anatomy; that of the Mule-deer is shown in F'g- 37. No. 2. Though the coat in general is changed twice a year, the hair on the tail, as Caton points out,' is shed but once a year, and the black switch on the tail of the present species is never shed at all. Thus it has passed through many stages of a â¢Ant and Deer Amer., 1877, p. 241. »Mim,^aMiiBiagg SJM. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
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