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HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA. 



piti. The species is found in the most remote north- 

 western territories of the United States, and from the 

 context of this description it appears evident that the 

 Guazupuco Deer is nearest allied to it, and that the 

 Guazuti and the Virginian are clearly of the same 

 group. 





THE LOXG-TAILED DEER. 



The Long-tailed Deer (Cervus Macrourus) is an- 

 other California animal. This species is described as 

 being larger than the Red Deer or Stag of Europe, 

 darker in color on the upper part, and having the bel- 

 ly white, the tail, from which it gets its specific name, 

 different from that of most species of deer, is about 

 eighteen inches in length, black on the upper part, 

 but with broad white margins, and carried erect when 



