MAMMALS CERVnXEOARIACUS V1RGINIANUS VAR, 77 



it, I found that all we obtained from a doe would go into a small camp- . 

 kettle. 



"A very fat four-pronged buck taken by myself gave the following 

 measurements : 



, IllfllCX. 



From tip of nose to between eyes ......................... ............... 



From tip of nose to between horns ............ '. .............................. 10 



From butt to tip of horns (following curve) ................................... 13 



Length of longest antler ................. .................................. 7 



From horns to interscapular hollow ...... .................. .............. 15i 



From interscapular hollow to root of tail ................... ................ 25 



From root to tip end of hair of tail ... ............................... ..... 9 



From top of rump to hind-toe tip .......................... ................ 35 



From top of shoulder to tip of fore toe ............. . . . ..................... 32 



Around chest at ensiform cartilage (animal eviscerated) ................... ... 33 



. Around loins (animal eviscerated) ............................................ 25J 



Heel to tip of toe .............. ................................. ........ 15J 



Top of rump to heel ....................................................... 10-!| 



Between inner angle of eyes ............................................. . . 4 



Length of ears ......... .................. .......................... ..... 1% 



" 



August 28, 1 shot an adult doe that had no fawn, and was therefore in 

 good condition. The following are her measurements ; her weight was not 

 over fifty -five pounds : 



Inches. 



Nose to eye ......................... 1 ...................................... G 



Nose to top of head ....................................................... 8 



Ears to interscapular hollow ............. ....................... ........ 12 



Interscnpular hollow to root of tail ................................... 



Root of tail to extreme tip .................................................. 9^ 



Top of rump to tip of hind toe .......................... " ...... ........... 33 



Interscapular hollow to tip of fore toe ...................... ......... 



Heel to tip of bind toe .................................................. 12 



Between inner angles of eyes ....... . . .................................. 2i 



Length of ears ............................................. ...... 7 



Around chest at ensiform cartilage ................. ................. 27 



Around loins ............................................. ............. 19 



" Turning now to a more popular side of the subject, I may say that no- 

 where else in North America have I seen deer more abundant than these 

 Dwarf Deer were in Southern Arizona, nor have I anywhere more thoroughly 

 enjoyed the sport _of hunting them. True, it was unsportsmanlike to shoot 

 down a doe that it was morally certain had a fawn secreted in some clump 

 of bushes near by ; but then it was done partly in the interest of science, and 



