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{June 8, 1882 



is bowed in battle, the tines become nearly horizontal, and or seven are not uncommon, and heads are said to have 

 offer formidable weapons of offence. Five points is about I been obtained with even eleven and twelve tines. • 

 the usual number carried by the adult male, though six | The size of the Mule Deer is rather larger than that of 



The Miile Deer. 



the Virginian, and it is also more strongly built. Indi- thick ears, which are well covered with hair on both sides, 

 viduals are said to attain a weight of 250 pounds, but this \ and somewhat resemble those of a donkey or mule, 

 is the extreme size. The most marked characteristic of! For their living examples of this fine animal, Fig. 20 (the 

 the species, however, is certainly the long, broad, and ' first, it is believed, ever received in Europe), the Zoolo- 



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:.— The Chilian Deer 



gical Society are indebted to one of their Corresponding ) and deer of North America. 1 Males of the species were 

 Members, Dr. John Dean Caton, of Ottawa, Illinois, ,,,.,.. . ., . ~ , ., L , J ,, . . . _. _ 



,, n . ' .l r 11 . 1 .u a .„!„„ ' 'The Antelope and Deer of North America." by Jchn Dean Caton, 



U.S.A., author of an excellent volume on the Antelope ll.d. New York: Hurd and Houghton 1877 1 vol w 



