168 CEItTHIA, 



22. CERTHIA. Spec. 78. 

 JainilidfiS) (creeper,) grey, beneath white ; quill- 

 feather brown, ten of them with a white spot, 



See MS. P. 



1 7. CERVUS. Spec. 11. 



nlces, (moose, elk,) horns palmate, with sholi 

 beams or none ; throat carunculate ; ears long, 

 large, upright, slouching ; upper lip hanging 

 over the mouth ; neck short, slouching, with an 

 upright mane; tail short. 



dephas, (stag,) horns branched, round, recurvate ; 

 body tawny above, whitish beneath. 



tarandus, (rein-deer,) horns branched, round, re- 

 curvate ; summits palmate. Casts its horns in 

 November. Three or four feet high ; used for 

 drawing sledges. Brown above, white beneath. 



dama, (fallow-deer,) horns branched, recurved, 

 compressed ; summit palmate. Colour varies 

 by domestication from red to white. Lives 20 

 years. Females hornless. 



virginianus, (american deer,) horns branched, turn- 

 ed forward, somewhat palmate. Taller than 

 the fallow deer, and brighter coloured. 



mexicanus, (mexican deer,) horns three-forked at 

 the tip, turned forward ; body tawney. 



capreolus, (roe,) horns branched,, round, erect, 

 summits bifid ; body brown. 



See MS. P. 



4 3, CIUSTODON. Spec. 70. 



alepidotus, tail bifid ; dorsal spines 3 ; ventral 

 fins none. 



See MS. P. 



