Till: MVSf DEER. 





to t)i' action ii f water, of tin ml are formed the greater part of the native 



Indian's apparel, and il i- also emplov e.| foi \ ;ti -joiis art i i\ili/.*i| niiment. 



\- ill.- Carjacmi feeds, il alw a\ > shakes its tail before il lowers or raises it-. heac I . So by 

 watching til-- movement of tin- tail, tin- hunter knows when In- may move towards his intended 

 prey, and when In- must lie |'i f.-. tl\ i|iiii-t. So truly indicative of the animal is this haliit. that 

 li'-ii an Indian \\ i-h. - in -Lnal \ another that he sees a Carjacou. he mo\es his fore-finger up 

 and down. This si-n i- imariably understood liy all the tril>es ( ,f North American Indians. 



TIIK American Red Deer (Oemiu virginiantu) is the most familiar of th> variou- -| -i.-v 

 It is ali^nrd to i-rjK-tnat<' the siH-,-iti<- name of this animal. ;i^ \\,-\\ -.^ iliat of the piii-i-dintf 

 species; both art> menningless, as the animals are in no way iv|nvscnt>d l<y ih.-m y.-t. the 

 law of jiriorit\ in noim-nclatnre keejw* them in jihwe. It would IN> much IM-K.-I could some 

 authorized body of natnr.ili-t> -it in judgment on these objwtionalilt- natnt-s, and snhsiitute, 

 appropriate one-s am- i-li-unn would justly represent the great Wapiti : whereas, canadetisit 

 only refers to a small }H,iti<>n of its habitat. So with the Red Iteer, Virginia is, rertttinly, 

 not an especially favorite n-sm-t of the sjn^-ies. 



The White-tnile<| D.-.T (Cernux I. m-nrit*) is the Long-tailed of Lewis and Clark, in earlier 

 times. Its distinguishing cliai-.nteristics are a long tail, narrow hoofs, and roni]>a<-t fur. The 

 ears are gray, with a white nj>ot at the base. The anal region and under snrfare <>( the tail are 

 white. The tail is n-ddish altove. The feet are long and slender. This sj.e<-ies is \ery ubun> 

 daut on the Upper Plan.- and Upper Missouri, where it takes the place of the Virginia Deer. 



THE Sonora Deer (Cereus mcxicanus) resembles the Virginia I >! in general characters, 



but is smaller. The tail is shorter and 

 whiter, and the ears are thinner. 



THE Mule Deer (Cervtu macrotis) is 

 quite readily distinguished from other 

 species by its long ears, and it.s larger size. 

 It is next to the Wapiti in general dimen- 

 sions. The horns are doubly two-pronged ; 

 the forks nearly equal. The ears are 

 nearly as long as the toil, and give the 

 creature quite an as|--t of the mule. It 

 inhabits the Upper Missouri region and 

 on the banks of the Yellowstone. 



THE Black-tailed Deer (Cermu colum- 

 bianus) is about the size of the rirt/i/i/it- 

 nus. There is a distinct dusky horseshoe 

 mark on the forehead between the eyes. 

 It is nearer the Mule Deer than any other 

 species, having similiar antlers. It in- 

 habits Oregon and California. 

 '-"". Many of the South American Deer are 



small, and very pleasing in proportions. 



MC8K DEKK- JfcMAtu mfrfiVt/ir-f 



THE Moschine Deer are readily known 



by the absence of horns in both sexes, the extremely long canine teeth of the upper jaw in the 

 males, and the powerfully odorous secretion in one of the species, from which they derive their 

 popular as well as their s, ientihV title. There are at least eight or nine species of these 

 curious animals. 



The most celebrated of these little Deer is the common Mi < K DKKI:. which isanativeof 

 the northern parts of India, and is found spread throughout a very large range of country, 



