176 FRANK forester's FIELD SPORTS. 



on buds and twigs of trees, shrubs, berries and grapes. It ap- 

 pears to be particularly fond of the buds and flowers of the 

 pon.l-lily. , 



" It riinges from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and probably 

 still farther South. I saw two Deer alive from Campeachy 

 which were exhibited as Mexican Deer, but offered no distinc- 

 tive characters from those of our common Deer. It is Ibund 

 throughout the West to the Rocky Mountains.* It does not 

 appear to extend into Canada." — DeKay's Natural History of 

 New- York. 



THE BLACK-TAIL DEER. 



CERVUS MACROTIS. 



The Black-tailed Fallow Deer ; Lewis and Clarke, i. p. 30 ; Mule 

 Deer; ibid. ii. 166. Cervns Auritus ; Warden, Descr. des 

 Etats TJnis, v. 640. Cervus Macrotis ; Saij, Long's Exj)edi- 

 tion to the Rocky Mountains, ii. 88. Commonly called Mule 

 Deer.] 



" The first indication of this fine Deer was given by Lewis 

 and Clarke, who found it on the seacoast and the plains of Mis- 

 souri, as well as upon the borders of the Kooskoose River, in 

 the vicinity of the Rocky Mountains. They inform us that the 

 habits of this animal are similar to that of its kindred species, 

 except that it does not run at full speed, but bounds along, 

 raising every foot from the gi'ound at the same time. It is found 

 sometimes in the woodlands, but most frequently is met with in 

 prairies and in open grounds. Its size is rather greater than 

 that of the common Deer — C. Virginianus^-huX, its flesh is con- 

 sidered inferior to the flesh of that species. 



* This is a strange blunder. It is most abundant both in both Upper and 

 Lower Canada. 



"+ We avoid this name, because it leads to an incorrect notion of the animal. 

 The resemblance of its ears to those of the Mule gave origin to the name " 



