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Tlie external appearance of the well-developed tarsal gland was 

 fully described by Caton, and I have nothing to add to his 

 description or to my account of it published in 1910. The 

 metatarsal gland, as Caton and others have stated, is absent. 



My first account of the feet, taken from dried specimens, requires 

 some modification. On the fore foot of the fresh specimen there 

 is a deeper depression on the front of the pastern ; and on the 



Text-figure 17, 



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A. Penis and scrotum of Odocoileus virf/inianus peruvianus, showing tlie 



long pendulous prepuce close to the scrotum. 



B. Glans penis of the same. 



C. Apex of glans penis of Cervus (Slka) hortulorum, from the front. 



D. Glans penis of the same from the side. 



E. Apex of glans penis of ElapJmrus davidianus, with lobes folded, from 



the front. 



F. The same with lobes expanded. 



G. Glans penis of the same from the side. 



back of the pastern the depression is deeper still, the integument 

 forming the floor of the postei-ior depression being almost in 

 contact with that of the anterior depression, so that the two 

 digits are joined together by a very shallow fold or loop of 

 integument. This loop expands towards the hoofs, and the 

 expanded portion is filled with a mass of soft, fatty, somewhat 

 gelatinous material. But there is no trace of a glandular pouch 



