284 VIRGINIAN DEER. 



the impressions of the blood- vessels still remaining 

 on the complete horn in the form of so many 

 ramified furrows. 



VIRGINIAN DEER. 



Ccrvus Virginianus. C. cornibus ramosis antrorsum versis paru m 



palmatis. Liti. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 179. 

 Pale-brown Deer, with slender round branched horns, bending 



forward, and slightly palmated at the top. 

 Dama Virginiana. Raj. Quadr. p. 86. 



Fallow Deer. Laws. Carol, p. 123. Catesb. Carol, app.p. 28. 

 Virginian Deer. Pennant Quadr. i p. 116. 



THE Virginian Deer is a native of the northern 

 parts of America, where it is found in vast herds, 

 and is an animal of great importance to the Indian 

 natives, who dry its flesh for their winter provi- 

 sion : the skin also constitutes a great article of 

 commerce, vast numbers being annually imported 

 from the colonies ; in the year 1764 not fewer, 

 according to Mr. Pennant, than 2,5, 027 from New 

 York and Pensylvania. 



The size of the animal is that of the Fallow 

 Deer : its colour a light cinereous brown ; the 

 head of a deeper cast, and the belly, sides, shoul- 

 ders, and thighs, whitish, mottled with brown : 

 the tail is about ten inches long, and is dusky 

 above and white below : the horns slender, bend- 

 ing very much forwards, with numerous branches 

 on the interior sides, and no brow antlers. 



Tliis species appears to occur in almost all parts 



