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quarters in consequence of man's persecution. The pronghorn 

 has, moreover, other enemies to contend against besides man 

 and his Winchester, the great eagles of the North-West occa- 

 sionally taking toll from the herds. An instance of this was 

 seen by Mr. A. Pike in Colorado last year, when the buck, 



A herd of pronghorns 



after dodging the eagle's attacks for some time, escaped into 

 some brush ; but such attacks are said by the plainsmen to be 

 fairly frequent and often successful. 



Mr. Rowland Ward gives 15! ins. as the length of the 

 longest horn of the pronghorn within his knowledge. 



VIII. THE DEER OF AMERICA 



Judge Caton, an authority upon the deer of his own country, 

 describes eight well-defined species as inhabiting the North 

 American continent. These are the wapiti (C. canadensis), 



