Virginian White-Tailed Deer 



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in Deer of All hand'. It will suffice to say here that none of the species 

 are spotted in the adult condition. 



The white-tailed deer (inclusive of its numerous local varieties) is 

 easily recognised by its long tail, which is dark above and white beneath, 

 and the small size of the metatarsal gland, which is white, and placed 

 low down on the cannon-bone. The antlers, when tully developed, are 



Fig. 72 — Head of White-Tailed Hind with Antlers. Killed in British Columbia by Mr. Hyde Baker, 

 and now in the Collection of Mr. J. Turner-Turner. 



large, with a long sub-basal snag, beyond which the beam curves forward, 

 and soon forms a regular fork, of which the lower prong again divides, 

 the whole beam thus presenting what are practically three vertical tines 

 rising trom it. 



The present and typical race of the species is a comparatively large 

 deer, standing a little over 3 feet in height at the shoulder, and with 

 antlers of the type described above. The maximum recorded length of 



