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"According to Say's description, the horns are slightly 

 grooved and tuberculated at base, having a small branch near 

 thereto, resembling in situation and direction the first branch on 

 the horn of the common Deer, The front line of the antler is 

 curved like that of the common Deer, but not to so great a de- 

 gree, and at about the middle of the entire length of the antlers, 

 they bifurcate equally, each of these processes again dividing 

 near the extremity, the posterior being somewhat the shortest. 

 The ears are very long, being half the length of the whole antler, 

 and extending to its principal bifurcation. 



" The eye is larger than that of the common Deer, and the 

 subocular sinus much larger. The hair is coarser, undulated, 

 and compressed, resembling that of the Elk — C. Canadensis — 

 and is of a light reddish-brown color above. The sides of the 

 hair on the front of the nose is of a dull ash-color, that on the 

 back is mixed with blackish-tipped hairs, which forms a distinct 

 line on the neck, near the head. The hoofs are shorter and 

 wider than those of the common Deer, and more like those of 

 the Elk." — Godman's American Natural History. 



" * The following measurements are given by Say in the work above quoted : 

 Length from the base of the antlers to the origin of the basal process, two inches. 

 Of the basal process, two and a half. From the basal process to the principal 

 bifurcation, four to five. Thence to the other two bifurcations, respectively, 

 four and a half to five and a half. Of the posterior branch, two and a half to 

 three. From the anterior base of the antlers to the tip of the upper jaw, nine 

 and a quarter. From the base of the antler to the anterior canthus, three. Of 

 the ears, more than seven and a half. Of the trunk of the tail, four. Of the 

 hair at the tip of the tail, from three to four." 



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