. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. 236 FAMILIAR LIFE IN" FIELD AND FOREST. pasture bars. A glance at a timid deer shows that all his faculties are on the alert: the head is erect, the broad ears are turned in the direction of danger, the ejes intently peer at a single leaf that waggles in a passing zephyr, the nostrils are distended and in motion, ^^ and an uneasy fore foot is poised for a run. When the animal is at last satisfied that. f^ Running Deer (from a photograph). his safety is threatened, the spindlelike legs are raised, the
. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. 236 FAMILIAR LIFE IN" FIELD AND FOREST. pasture bars. A glance at a timid deer shows that all his faculties are on the alert: the head is erect, the broad ears are turned in the direction of danger, the ejes intently peer at a single leaf that waggles in a passing zephyr, the nostrils are distended and in motion, ^^ and an uneasy fore foot is poised for a run. When the animal is at last satisfied that. f^ Running Deer (from a photograph). his safety is threatened, the spindlelike legs are raised, there are a few graceful bounds rather than steps over the intervening ferns and lichen-covered stones, and the creature is gone. But in a swift run he covers the ground like an india-rubber ball, touch- ing it only at every sixteen feet maybe. The beautiful antlers of the deer are shed and re- newed each year—the so-called " spike horn," or ant- lers without any branches, belong to an animal about. 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 Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Underwood, William Lyman, 1864-1929, phot. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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