. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct. Deer; Deer, Fossil; Cervidae; Cervidae, Fossil. 25° American Deer upper surface (Fig. 68). Ears relatively small and sparsely haired externally ; tail long and pointed ; muzzle very long and slender ; face-gland very small, and almost hidden by a fold of skin. Metatarsal gland, when present, small, sub-circular, and usually situated in the lower third of the cannon- bone, its centre being bare and black, the surrounding fringe of hair pure white, and this followed by an outer ring of fawn ; tarsal tuft large and whiti
. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct. Deer; Deer, Fossil; Cervidae; Cervidae, Fossil. 25° American Deer upper surface (Fig. 68). Ears relatively small and sparsely haired externally ; tail long and pointed ; muzzle very long and slender ; face-gland very small, and almost hidden by a fold of skin. Metatarsal gland, when present, small, sub-circular, and usually situated in the lower third of the cannon- bone, its centre being bare and black, the surrounding fringe of hair pure white, and this followed by an outer ring of fawn ; tarsal tuft large and whitish. General colour of summer pelage varying from bright rufous chestnut to vellowish fawn or gray on the upper-parts, in winter some shade. Fig. 69. — Front view of Frontlet and Antlers of Virginian Deer. From a specimen in the British Museum. The sub-basal snag is the innermost upright prong of each antler. (Rowland Ward, Records of Big Game.) of yellowish leaden gray, faintly speckled, and often with a tinge of rufous ; under-parts, inner side of thighs and buttocks, part of inner and hinder side of fore-legs, lower surface of tail, chin, throat, lips, a ring round the eyes, and a band round the muzzle white. Fawn normally fully spotted with white. The case of the numerous forms allied to the typical Virginian deer is very similar to that of the sambar group, so that there is an equal difficulty in deciding whether they should be regarded as species or sub-species. In 1878 Sir Victor Brooke1 wrote as follows in regard to this question :—"The number of specimens from well-authenticated localities at present existing in European collections is far 1 Proc. Zool. Soe. 1878, p. 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 Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, R. Ward, limited
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