Zoological Society, 429 



€ate!feb^,' Carol. App. 28. — CerviisBama Americatms, Erxl. Syst. 312. 

 ■^Cervus Mexicmius, Liclit. Darstell. t. 20. — Cerviis StrongyloceroSt 

 part, Schreb. Saugth.1074, not figure. — Cervus campestris(Mazame), 

 F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. t. . — Cervus Virginianus, Gmelin, S. N. i. 

 479 ; Desm. Mamm. 4 12 ; F. Cuvier, Mam. Lithog. t. 205.^ 

 C.Mangivorus, Schrank, Ami. Wetter, i. 327, 1819, from Buffon.^ 

 C. {Mazama) Virginiana, Bennett, Gard. Z. S. 20.5 ; Fischer, Syn. 

 449 ; Peale, U. S. Explor. Exped. 39 ; Sundeval, Pecora, 58. — Cervus 

 hucurus, Long-tailed Deer, Douglas, Zool. Journ. xv. 330 ; Richard- 

 son, Faun. Bor. Amer. i. 258. — C. Mazama leucurus, Sundeval, Pe- 

 cora, 59. — CariacusVirginianus,C.leucurus, andC Mexicanus, Gray, 

 Cat. Osteol. B. M. 63, U.—Virginia7i Beer, Penn. Syn. 51. t. 9. f. 2; 

 Quad. i. 104. t. 11. f. 1. — Cerfde La Jjouisiane, Cuvier, R. A. i. 256; 

 Oss. Foss. iv. 33. t. 5. f. 1-5. — Chevreuil, Charlev. Nouv. Fran. iii. 

 l52.^-Cariacot(, Buffon, II. N. xiii. 347. t. 44. — Cariacus Vif gird- 

 anus, Gray, Knows. Menag. 66. t. 46, winter cdat^ - , v^ •. j .i -^H 



Inhabits N. America. ' I .v.wHv.u. .>.v, /,>~-.\0 .01 .b^ .VI .8 



Mr. Peale observes,—*' We beli^Ve 'that the s^ttir&pecife^^ of^lJ^^S- 

 inhabits all the timbered or partially timbered country between the 

 Coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. They vary in size, as all 

 the animals of this genus do, in different feeding-grounds, but they 

 are specifically the same." The Mexican Beer (Penn. Syn. 54. t. 9. 

 f. 3, and Quad. i. 20), Cervus Mexicanus (Gmelin, S. N. i. 179; 

 H. Smith, G. \. K. v. 729, iv. 130. t. ; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. t. 5. 

 f. 23), Cervus ramosicornis (Blainville), are all described fi'om horns, 

 which only appear to be much-developed horns of this species which 

 have belonged to some well-fed animals. 



The horns described and figured as C. clavatus (H. Smith, G. A. K. 

 iv. 132. t. ), appear to be only varieties of the common form. 



1 . The Cervus Mexicanus (Lichten. Darst. t. 20 ; Sundeval, Pe- 



".2. .The Cervus nemoralis (H. Smith, G, A.' %» iv^ 157. t^ ; 



'I'^y"^'^deval, Pecora, 59), ' ' ' '-^'"^ '"" ^"*^ 



^/^'S.r'fiie Cervus gymnotis (Wiegmann, Isis, 1833; Sundeval, ^jl?e- 

 cora, 59), .? 



all from Mexico, appear to be varieties of this species. C. Mexicanus 

 is said to have a brown tail and indistinct chin-band. The nakedness 

 of the ears, which is peculiar to C. gymnotis, is often to be observed 

 in these animals when in change of fur. C. spinosus. Gay and Qet- 

 vais, is only known from a single horn from Cayenne. r! 



b(ir2,i<l3iA;RiACus Lewisii. The Black-tailed Deer*^ ihR^n.^ai 



I., .i [X. 



The tail black above towards the extremity, yellowish white beneath, 

 covered with hair at all seasons, not carried erect when running ; ful- 

 vous (in summer) ; hair very soft, not ringed ; forehead and upper 

 part of face before the eyes blackish ; inside of the legs and belly 

 white ; chin-band distinct, black ; front hoofs narrow, elongate. Horns 

 like C Virginianus, but generally more slender, and commonly with- 

 out the first antler. ' > ■ . d 



Black-tailed Deer, Anglo-American in Oregon. — Blach-taiUd 

 Fallow Deer, Lewis and Clerk, Travels to the Pacific, ii. 26, 125 



