. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 128 ORDEKS OF MAMMALS—HOOFED ANIMALS known, the Columbian Black-Tailed Deer can- not live on the Atlantic coast. After persistent eiforts, with at least fifteen specimens drawn from Orcfton, Washington and British Columbia, and the loss of all through gastro-enteritis, the New York Zoological Society has abandoned its attempt to transj^lant the species. In Alaska, this species dwindles still lower, into the Sitka Deer,' in stature and antlers it freely risks its life in the
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 128 ORDEKS OF MAMMALS—HOOFED ANIMALS known, the Columbian Black-Tailed Deer can- not live on the Atlantic coast. After persistent eiforts, with at least fifteen specimens drawn from Orcfton, Washington and British Columbia, and the loss of all through gastro-enteritis, the New York Zoological Society has abandoned its attempt to transj^lant the species. In Alaska, this species dwindles still lower, into the Sitka Deer,' in stature and antlers it freely risks its life in the thin fringes of cotton- wood timber, f(uaking-asp and willow brussh that border the banks of small rivers and large creeks. Unlike the elk and mule deer, the White-Tail is a great skulker. When hiding, it crouches and carries its head low, and by chnging persistently to the friendly cover of brush or timber, saves itself under circumstances that would be fatal to any high-headed, o})en-ground Paintfil li\' Caul ItijNGlus WHITE-TAILEU DEEli. even smaller than the Florida white-tail. It is very abvuidant on Admiralty Island, but as late as IIIOI was Ijeing slaughtered in great numbers. The Virginia Deer, or White-Tailed Deer,- was the first member of the Deer Family met Ijy the early settlers of America when they went hunting along the Atlantic coast. It will also bo the last of the large hoofed animals of North America to become extinct. It is a forest animal, but in many portions of the Great Plains region ' O-do-coil'c'-vs sit-ken'sis. ' Oducoilens vir-gin-i-an'us. The A\'hite-Tailed Deer derives its name from its \-cry long, bushy, wedge-shaped tail, which is snowy-white underneath, and also on the edges. When alarmed and running away, this white brush is held stiffly aloft, and with every stride of the bearer, it sways from side to side, in a start- ling and highly conspicuous manner. While the peculiar mixed gray color of the jjelage makes it difficult to see t
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