COMMON DEER. 



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trous ; ear small and trim ; antlers have a spreading posterior projection, 

 and then curve anteriorly with posterior tines; neck long and slender; 

 body long for its size ; tail long and lanceolate in form ; legs straight 

 and long. 



Lachrymal sinus covered vfith a fold of skin ; tarsal gland present; 

 metatarsal gland small, and below the middle of the leg, naked, and sur- 

 rounded by white hairs ; outside of these there is usually a band of dark 

 brown hairs, which are surrounded by long reversed hairs of the color 

 of the leg. 



Two annual pelages. Summer coat, from bay red to buff yellow ; 

 winter coat, a leaden gray, greatly variant. Deciduous antlers, and con- 

 fined to the males. 



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GENERAL REMARKS. 



This deer has the widest range of any member of the family 

 in any part of the world. Its range is from the Atlantic to the 

 Pacific, extending into Canada and British Columbia on the 

 [north, and penetrating far into Mexico on the south. It may be 

 found to-day, in every State and Territory of the United States. 

 It Inhabits alike the dense woodlands and the open prairies, the 

 high mountains and the lowest valleys, the arid jjlains and the 

 marshy swamps. 



As we might well expect from its wide distribution and varied 



