308 Dr, A. Hall on the Mammals and Birds 



fore and hind feet dark brown. Described from a specimen in tbe 

 Museum of the Nat. History Society of Montreal, of which the 

 following are the dimensions : 



F. Inc. 

 Length from tip of snout to commencement of the tail 9 6^ 



do of tail, including fur , 5^ 



do of ears 9 J 



do of fore legs 3 



do of hind legs 3 6 



do of head from occiput to tip of snout 2 4^ 



Height from shoulders to ground with fur of mane. 5 9^ 

 Distance between the orbits 9 



A much larger and finer specimen of this animal is in the 



possession of James Douglas, M.D., of Quebec, who has furnished 



the author with the following measurements of it. It was killed 



about 3 miles from that city in March, 1855. 



F. Inc. 



Length from tip of snout to tip of tail excluding the fur, 9 11 



Do. of tail Vith fur, 6| 



Do. from occiput to snout, 3 1 



Do. of fore leg along its inner surface, 3 ll^ 



Do. of hind leg along its inner surface, 4 2 



Do. of ear, 11| 



Do. of mane, 4 



Do. of the intermaxillary tuft with the fur, 11 



Height from shoulder to the ground including fur, V 1^ 



Distance between the orbits, 10^ 



The white hairs of this animal are extensively used by the 

 Indians in the fabrication of their ornaments. They possessed the 

 knowledge of dyeing them in the most gaudy colours, long before 

 the settlement of this country by the French, and indicated a 

 degree of effect in using them truly astonishing, and far above 

 what would be expected from savage tribes. 



C. Virginianus. Common or Red deer. 



Length from the snout to the tail 5 feet, 8j inches ; tail in- 

 cluding fur 5 inches ; from the occiput to the snout 9^ inches; 

 ears 5j inches ; height from the ground to the shoulders 3 feet, 2 

 inches. Pelage, upper and lateral parts of the body, neck, head, 

 and ears, anterior and exterior surfaces of the extremities and tail, 

 of a fawn colour, produced by hairs grey at the insertion, 



