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the leg had perfectly healed, and been so constantly used by the deer when 

 he was moving along the hillside that it had become as hard and leathery 

 as the foot of a bear. This specimen will eventually be deposited in the 

 Army Medical Museum at Washington. 



"As a rule, it was easy to get within fair shooting distance of the game. 

 This was due, not more to the conformation of the ground, than it was to 

 the unsuspecting nature of the deer themselves. In fact, they were in this 

 so unlike the Virginia Deer, that their general expression was rather that of 

 curiosity and surprise, than fear at the approach of the hunter. Part of 

 this may have been due to the fact that years ago the continual raids of the 

 most relentless band of Apaches have driven out the Mexican civilization, 

 which the stone irrigating ditches show had existed there, and that of late 

 the Indians themselves had been excluded from the ground. In the short 

 interval of tranquility, but few whites have come in. This then allowed the 

 deer to multiply and become moderately tame, as indeed they usually do when 

 very abundant. Number appears to give them a sense of security. In fact, 

 my hunter who has the least instinct in approaching game may always get 

 within fifty yards, and have a fair standing shot. It was not uncommon to 

 find (as early as August), small bands of three or four deer ; and on such 

 occasions the hunter might generally have killed most or all of them. They 

 us-ually went to water and in search of food later in the morning, and earlier 

 in the evening, than the Virginia Deer, and not seldom were found busily 

 feeding at noon." 



MONODELPHIA INEDUCABILIA. 

 CHIROPTERA. 



In this order, we shall give the characters of the species and higher 

 groups. Tim suborders and families may be readily determined by the fol- 

 lowing analysis ; the features being subsequently worked out in greater 

 detail : 



I. ISTIOPHORA. 



Bats with .ipright appendage on nose PUYLLOSTOMATIDAE 



