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a doe shot by an Indian, which had two small horns. About 

 three years ajjo a half-breed shot a doe of No. fi) variety, which 

 had one long horn on one side of the head. There was no sign 

 of any horn on the other side. Whitish or grey colored 

 specimens of Nos. (r), (2) and (4) have been occasionally seen or 

 shot, but they are very rare, and are probably albinos. I saw 

 some time ago a very white specimen of a fawn taken from its 

 mother's body, probably about two or three weeks before its 

 time for birth. The skin had a very few red spots on it. Skins 

 of albino deer, especially fawns, were formerly of some 

 value and prized by Indian medicine-men for making tobacco 

 pouches, etc. They were supposed to bring good luck. 



No. (2). The white spot on the throat of this variety is 

 often more pointed at the sides than that of No. (i). 



No. (3). These deer are just about half the size of the 

 other varieties of deer. Prime bucks weigh about the same as 

 does of No. (i) and others, and does seldom weigh more than 

 75 lbs. The profile of this variety on some parts of the coast is 

 frequently slightly convex. 



i myself have been accustomed to call the variety first 

 described Mule Deer, the second. Black-tail (of the interior), 

 the third. Black-tail (of the coast), the fourth Virginian or White- 

 tail. 



In reply to Mr. Teit's queries Prof. John Macoun, Dominion 

 Naturalist, has written: 



" No. I. — This is the true Black-tailed Deer {Cariacus ynacrotis 

 Say.) Also called Mule Deer. 



N0.2. — This form was first seen by Lewis and Clark and from 

 theirdescription was named Cariacus macrotis\zx. Columbianus by 

 Richardson. This is also a Mule Deer or Black-tailed Deer. 

 In 1854 Anderson and Bachman changed the name to Cariacus 

 Richardsoni and hence the name Richardson's Deer — by which 

 it is generally known. 



No. 3. — Lord in his book "The Naturalist in British 

 Columbia" calls the small coast deer Cariacus Columbianus and 



