of the District of MontreaL 307 



tips; sides of the muzzle sprinkled with white ; under jaw grey; 

 abdomen and thorax white ; sides dull yellowish brown ; tail 

 white beneath and yellowish brown above. Winter pelage : blackish 

 grey internally changing to brownish which fades to white at the 

 tips, giving the animal a more white appearance, which is only 

 interrupted at the margins of the ears, where the interior black of 

 the ear becomes perceptible ; the hair is twice as long in winter, 

 as it is in summer. Weight of a full grown one about six 

 pounds. 



Ord. VII. Pachydermata. 



None wild. 

 Ord. VIII. RuMiNANTiA. 



Genus Cervus, 



Gen. char. Incisors f , canines f, or ii, molars |f = 32 to 44. 

 Canines when present, bent back and compressed ; head long ter- 

 minated by a moveable snout or upper lip ; eyes large, pupils 

 elongate transversely ; a lachrymal sinus in most species ; ears 

 large and pointed ; tongue soft ; horns solid and deciduous, more 

 or less branched, wanting in females except in one species ; 4 

 inguinal mammae, 



C alces. Moose deer. 



Alee Americanus of Jardine and Beard ! 



v.s.p. Pelage light brown over the shoulders ; hairs internally 

 grey changing to white tipped with brown on the shoulders, back 

 and sides of neck ; grey internally tipped with black, on the sides, 

 upper part of the forelegs and cheeks ; forehead, muzzle, internal 

 surface of the legs, lower part of the fore and hind legs except at 

 the tarsus, and the posterior part of the abdomen of a dirty white 

 or grey colour ; ears greyish white with a shorter fur than that 

 on the body, the hairs here being f of an inch long, while on the 

 mane it is 4 inches, on the flanks 2 inches and gradually becomes 

 longer as it approaches the abdomen ; fur on the tail short the 

 longest hairs being scarcely 2 inches ; hairs on the upper part of 

 the body alternately white, grey, black and brown ; the shafts as- 

 suming a zigzag appearance internally and downy near their in- 

 sertion into the skin. Irides hazel, pupils elongate transversely ; 

 muzzle long and very moveable projecting considerably over the 

 lower jaw. From the intermaxillary space, hangs a tuft of black 

 hairs 9 J inches long, attached to a process of the skin ; tarsi of the 



