433 



Cervus leicisii, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. 184S, 39. 

 Cervus richardsonii, And. aud Bach., Quad. N. Am. ii. 1851, 211; 

 iii. 1853, 27, pi. 106. 



The authors correctly distiugaish the Black-tailed Deer of the Pacific 

 slopes from the Mule Deer, and were perfectly right in considering it as 

 a distinct species. It seems to have been first named technically in 

 1829 by Eichardson ; it was subsequently dedicated by Peale to Cap- 

 tain Lewis, aud afterward rededicated by Audubou aud Bachman to 

 Sir John Richardson. 



" Mule-Deer:^ 



Allen, ii. 167.— Rees, 4to, 463.— Rees, Svo, iii. 27.— M'Vickar, ii. 341. 

 Cervus macrotis, Say, Long's Exped. R. Mts. ii. 1823, 88. 



In most parts of the West, this well-known and wide-ranging species 

 is known chiefly as the " Black-tailed Deer," to distinguish it from the 

 " White-tailed " {i. e., C. virglnkinus macrurus). The Columbian, or true 

 Black-tailed Deer of Lewis and Clarke, having the same vernacular name, 

 unnecessary confusion bas always prevailed to some extent, especially 

 among sportsmen aud amateur naturalists. There are, however, three 

 perfectly good species of deer in the West, precisely as originally dis- 

 criminated b}" Lewis and Clarke, and as here given. 



" The Elky 



Allen, ii. 167. — Rees, 4to, 464.— Rees, 8vo, iii. 27. — M'Vickar, ii. 341. 

 Cervus ivainti, Bartou,*Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. vi. 1809, 70. 

 Cervus major, Ord, Guthrie's Geog. 2d Am. ed. ii. 1815, 292, 306. 

 Cervus or Elaphus canadensis of authors. 



'■^Large Broken Wolf.'''' — '■'•Large Wolf of the Plains.'''' 



Allen, ii. 167.— Sees, 4to, 464.— Rees, 8vo, iii. 27, 28.— M'Vickar, ii. 

 341, 342. 



Lewis and Clarke are less fortunate in treating of the wolves, since 

 they separate the single large species which exists into two, on the 

 unsafe ground of color, and unite one of their varieties with the entirely 

 different Coyote (C latrans). The mistake, however, might readily be 

 made, since the Large Gray Wolf of the Plains, in its usual style of 

 coloration, is almosc identical with the Coyote. Xo species, fortunately, 

 appears to have been based directly upon Lewis aud Clarke's account. 



''Small Wolf of the Plains.^' 



Allen, ii. 167,— Rees, 4to, 464.— Rees, 8vo, iii. 28.— M'Vickar, ii. 342. 

 Canis latrans, Say, Long's Exped. R. Mts. i. 1823, 168, and of authors 

 generally. 



From what has been said, it will appear that Lewis aud Clarke insuffi- 

 ciently distinguished this animal from the last, though they were per- 

 fectly familiar with it. It is carefully and fully described under the name 

 of the " Small Wolf or Burrowiug-Dog of the Prairies " in the body of the 

 narrative (Allen, i. 207 ; Rees, 4to, 152 ; Rees, 8vo, i. 283 ; M'Vickar, i. 

 194). ]S(0 species has been based upon their account. 



''Tiger- Cat:' 



Allen, ii. 167.— Rees, 4to, 464.— Rees, 8vo, iii. 28.— M'Vickar, ii. 342. 

 Lynxfasciatus, Rafinesque, Am. Month. Mag. ii. 1817, 46. 



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