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THE DEER OF AMERICA. 



The 

 ing of 



TAILS, 

 tails of the deer have been mostly described when treat- 

 the different species separately, so that now a little rep- 

 etition may become un- 



S avoidable when it be- 



a comes necessary to com- 



2 pare them, 

 I As the tails of the 

 ^ three largest species 

 I (Figs. 8, 9, 10) most 

 ~ o resemble each other, 



o o 



5 ^ and are quite unlike 



*_ Z. those of any of the 



y H other species, we will 



t 2 treat of them first and 



o . too;ether. The tail of 



% ^ the Moose is longer than 



i °_ that of either of the oth- 



* ^ er three, and is longer 



^ and larger than that of 

 ^1 its European congener. 

 ^ H Audubon and Bachman 

 ^ <^ give us the measnre- 

 g 3 ments of two, one of 

 S -■§ which was eleven and 

 ^ ^ one half inches, and the 

 5; Z other nine inches long. 

 =^ H Should we take these 



1 ^ for a fair average, we 

 o jj find them much longer 

 f Q than those of the Wa- 

 ~. Z piti. Both are car- 

 ^ g ried closely depressed, 

 t;^ thouo-h that of the 

 ci - Moose is the most util- 



- •" ized. The tail of our 



3 '~~ Elk is never elevated, 



and rarely moved at all, 



1 whether standing at 

 5f ease or going at their 



- best speed. Flies or 

 '" mosquitoes may annoy 



