CERVUS COLUMBIANUS, Rich. 

 Black-tailed Deer. 



Cervus macrotis, var. Columbiniius. Richardson, F. B. A., 257. 



Cervus Coluillbiuuus Baikd, Pacific R. R. Rep., 659. 



Cervus Lewisii Peale, Mamm. and Birds U. 



S. Ex. Ex., 39. 



Cervus (Cariacus) Lewisii. . . . J. E. Gray, Pr. Zool. Soc 



Loud., XVIII. 239. 



Cervus Cariacus inmctulatus. . . Gray, Knows. Menag., 67. 



Cervus Ricliardsouii Aud. & Bach., III. 27. 



Columbia Blacli-tailed Deer. . . . Aud. & Bach., III. 27. 



Blacli-tailed Fallow Deer. . . . Lewis & Clark, Exped., by 



Paul Allen, II. 209, 210, 

 211, 27. 



Blacli-tailed Deer Batud, Pacific R. R. Rep., 



VIII. 659. 



Less in size than the mule deer. Short body and short legs. Ears 

 large but less in size than those of the mule deer. Eyes large aud bril- 

 liant. Tail short and round. One fourth of the circumference of the 

 tail on the under side is white ; the balance is a tawny dull black. 

 The black is of the deepest shade on the lower part. Metatarsal gland 

 between the tarsus and the middle of the leg, is intermediate in size 

 between those on the mule deer and those on the Virginia deer. Tarsal 

 gland much the same in size aud form as on those two species, and of a 

 shade lighter color than the surrounding coat ; color of body a tawny 

 gray, with white on back part of belly and inguiual region, extending to 

 root of tail. The face is gray with darker forehead. Under the head 

 white. Legs generally of a uniform dark cinnamon color, not a white 

 hair to be found upon them below the hock. Antlers once or twice bifur- 

 cated. Gait like that of the mule deer. Is foimd on the Pacific coast of 

 the United States and British Columbia only ; having the most limited 

 range of all the deer found in the United States, and perhaps on this 

 continent. 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



This interesting species of deer was first discovered by Lewis 

 and Clark, near the mouth of the Columbia River. They first 

 mention it under date of the 19tli of November, 1805. They 

 say : " This, Hke all those we have seen on this coast, are much 



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