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variety is found. Like No. i they are called Mule Deer by some 

 and Black-tail or American Deer by others. 



3rd. A deer of very small size, and with light and rather small 

 horns. The color of the body and markings nearly the same as 

 the first two varieties. It inhabits very bushy parts of the country 

 and is not so timid as other varieties of deer. It is found in parts 

 of the country where the climate is moist. It is the common 

 and probably the only variety of deer on the coast, Vancouver 

 Island and islands of the Gulf of Georgia and is said to be found 

 also in some of the moister and more forested parts of the interior 

 especially near lakes which are wooded. Its tail is the same as 

 the 2nd variety, only the stripe on the back of the tail (which is 

 the same color as the body) is much zvider and there is hardly 

 any white to he seen at the sides of the tail. These deer are called 

 Coast Deer or Pacific Buck and are also very frequently named 

 Black-tail. 



4th. A deer of about the same size as the first variety and 

 very similar to it in every way, excepting the tail which is longer 

 and altogether white. It is found in the " Dry Belt " from the 

 Thompson south, especially in the Similkameen and in some parts 

 of Kootenay. It is called White-tail, Flag-tail Virginia Deer, 

 and Long-tailed Deer. I would like to know the proper names 

 of the four varieties of deer outlined above, and also if there are 

 any other varieties to be found west of the Rockies in these 

 latitudes. 



Yours very truly, 



J. A. Teit. 



No. (i) Does weigh (when in prime condition) 100 to 150 

 lbs., bucks 200 to 275 lbs. A few weigh about 300 lbs. or over, 

 and very rare specimens have been obtained which went as high 

 as 400 lbs., and even more. These weights are average and for 

 deer without the entrails removed. 



A buck (with entrails removed) weighing 230 to 260 lbs. is 

 considered an average^fw^ one. Freaks are sometimes obtained of 

 this kind of deer and also of No. (4). I knew one of the latte r, 



