168 CERTHIA, CHETODON. 
2—2. Certuia. Spec. 78. 
familiaris, (creeper,) grey, beneath white ; quill- 
feather brown, tea of them with a white spot, 
See MS. P. 
1—7. Cervus. Spec. 11. 
alces, (moose, elk,) horns palmate, with short 
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. 
elephas, (stag,) horns branched, round, recuryate ; 
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, (auwerican 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. CumTopon. Spec. 70. 
alepidotus, tail bifid; dorsal spines 3 ; ventral 
fins none. 
See MS. P. 
