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Descriptive Zoology. 



The deer family is peculiar in lacking the bile sac. 

 Deer shed their coats, in the summer time being reddish, 

 or "in the red," as the hunters say; while in the winter 

 they are grayish, or "in the blue." In the summer the 

 males of the elk and deer keep by themselves, ranging 



FIG. 164. MOOSE. 



From Forest and Stream. 



high on the mountain sides, often upon the rocks near 

 timber line, while the does and fawns are more likely to be 

 found on lower slopes or in the valleys. 



In hunting squirrels, the hunter has only two senses to 

 guard against, sight and hearing. But in hunting deer the 



