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of Surgeons. Since then I have examined an adult female that 

 died in the Gardens on August 28th, 1911. 



The rhinarmm is large and naked, the hairs of the muzzle 

 encroaching but little on its upper surface ; the infranarial portion 

 is wider than the space between the nostrils. 



The preorbital gland is represented by a very small, shallow 

 pit. 



Text-figure 12. 



A. Longitudinal section of the metatarsal gland of Odocoileus virginiarMS 



(typical form). 



B. Transverse section of the same. 



C. Section of fore foot of O. virginanus spinosus. 



D. Section of hind foot of the same. 



E. Section of fore foot of Moschus moschiferus. 



The tarsal gland consists of a patch of thickened vascular skin 

 covered by a thick pad of long hair stuck together with secre- 

 tion, but without any under-fur ; the hairs are umber-brown with 

 white bases. 



The metatarsal gland shows externally as an elongated patch 

 of naked, horny, granular skin overlapped by the long, mostly 



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