. The great and small game of Europe, western & northern Asia and America; their distribution, habits, and structure . merican deer ditier from those ofthe true deer of the genus Cervtis (which are mainly i Old World group)by lacking a brow-tine, and being, when fully developed, dichotomouslytorked, trequently with a sub-basal snag, and always with the lower ortront prong ot the main fork projected from the front edge of the have always a gland and tuft on the hock, and usually another on thecannon-bone, the position of which is very variable. Many other featuresare distinctive ot th
. The great and small game of Europe, western & northern Asia and America; their distribution, habits, and structure . merican deer ditier from those ofthe true deer of the genus Cervtis (which are mainly i Old World group)by lacking a brow-tine, and being, when fully developed, dichotomouslytorked, trequently with a sub-basal snag, and always with the lower ortront prong ot the main fork projected from the front edge of the have always a gland and tuft on the hock, and usually another on thecannon-bone, the position of which is very variable. Many other featuresare distinctive ot the American deer, which will be fi)und fully described American Ndttini/ist, vol. xxxiv. p. 318. Virginian White-Tailed Deer 341 in Deer of All hand. It will suffice to say here that none of the speciesare spotted in the adult condition. The white-tailed deer (inclusive of its numerous local varieties) iseasily recognised by its long tail, which is dark above and white beneath,and the small size of the metatarsal gland, which is white, and placedlow down on the cannon-bone. The antlers, when tully developed, are. Fig. 72 —Head of White-Tailed Hind with Antlers. Killed in British Columbia by Mr. Hyde Baker,and now in the Collection of Mr. J. Turner-Turner. large, with a long sub-basal snag, beyond which the beam curves forward,and soon forms a regular fork, of which the lower prong again divides,the whole beam thus presenting what are practically three vertical tinesrising trom it. The present and typical race of the species is a comparatively largedeer, standing a little over 3 feet in height at the shoulder, and withantlers of the type described above. The maximum recorded length of 342- Game of Europe, W. & N. Asia & America the antlers is 27;^ inches, this being the dimension of ;i single antler in theBritish Museum. The summer coat differs from the winter dress almost or quite as muchas in the roe-buck. Although there are individual variations rangingbetween bay and yellow
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