116 . THE DEER OF AMERICA. 



Ceylon does do not keep in as good condition while raising their 

 fawns as does the Acapulco doe. The Ceylon deer is of a shade 

 the lightest color. The most important distinction is that the 

 metatarsal gland is present in the Ceylon deer, while it is wanting 

 in the Acapulco deer. Although the Ceylon buck and the Aca- 

 pulco doe were brought from California together in a cage, and 

 seemed much attached to each other when turned in the park, the 

 doe refused to breed to him at the proper season, although there 

 was no buck there of her own species. This Ceylon deer is 

 probably the same deer which Sir Samuel W. Baker designates 

 as the Ued Deer of Ceylon^ although I can find no vestige of the 

 canine teeth. 



We shall learn more of these beautiful little deer hereafter. 



