11. CAKIACTJS. 83 



* Horn elongate; beam much curved forward, having scvei-al branches on its 

 upper surface. (Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. t. 5. f. 1-25.) North America. 



"^ 1. Cariacus virginianus. (The American Deer.) B.M. 



Fur iu summer bright uniform rufous ; in winter pale grey chest- 

 nut, faintly annulatcd ; chin with a transverse black band ; tail 

 white above and below, dark brown above at the tip. 



Virginia Deer, Pennant, Quad. i. t. 20. f. 2 (homs) ; Kno2vskg Menag. 



t. 44. f. 6. 

 Cariacus virginianus, Gray, Cat. UnguL B. M. p. 228, t. ?>?>. f. 2, 3. 

 Cervus virginianus, Baird, Mamm. N. A. p. 641?, f. 12 (horns) ; 



S'chreber, Suppl. v. t. 257 /» ; Puiheran, Arch, du Mus. vi. p. 305. 

 Cariacou, Bujfun, Kat. Hid. xii. p. 347, t. 44 (female). 

 Oervus ramosicornis, Blainnlle. 



Hah. North America. It is larger in the northern parts and 

 mountain-regions, and gradually becomes smaller as found more 

 south and near the sea-coast. 



^ 2. Cariacus leucurus. (The Long-tailed Deer.) B.M, 



Fur in autumn yellowish grey, clouded with grey, and not lined 

 with dusky ; chin entirely white, with a small dusky spot on the 

 edge of the lower lip ; anal region, but not buttocks, white ; tail 

 reddish above. 



Mexican Deer, Pennant, Quad. i. t. 20. f. 1 (horns only). 



Cariacus leucui-us. Gray, Cat. llmiul. B. M. p. 230 ; Wolf, Zool. 



Sketches, i. t. 20. 

 Cervus leucurus, Spencer Baird, Mamm. N. A. p. 659, t. 5. f. 14-18 



(horns) ; Piicheran, Arch, du Mus. vi. p. 

 Cervus mexicanus, H. Smith, Cuv. A. K. iv. 1. 163. f. 3 (horns). 

 Cervus macrurus, Rajinesque, Am. Man. Mag. 1847, i. p. 436 ; Ham. 



Smith, V. p. 316. 



Hah. N. America : Columbia River (Lord) ; Upper Missouri and 

 Upper Platte (Baird). 



The horns figured by Pennant are in the British Museum, and 

 were refigured by Hamilton Smith ; but the name Mexican Deer is 

 scarcely applicable to an animal said not to inhabit that country. 

 The horns figured by H. Smith, under the name of Cervus clavatus, 

 iv. t. . f. 4, may belong to this species. It is peculiar for having a 

 large club-shaped process from the underside of each horn ; but this 

 is probably an irregularity of growth. 



3. Cariacus similis ? 



Cervus similis, Pueheran, Arch, du Mus. vi. p. 362, t. 26. 



Cervus affinis, Pueheran, Compt. Bend. 1849, p. 77, not Hodgson. 



Hah. Unknown (Pueheran). 



There are two skulls ^vith horns, purchased of Mr. Cuming, iu 

 the British Museum, without any locality, which arc very similar ; 

 the horns differ considerably from those of Cariacus Kin/itiiaiins and 



(i 2 



