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be added, making five in all. This is the general form of the 
horn; sometimes, however, old bucks are found with but two 
, points. The deer likes the hills and the timber; the prong- 
horned antelope (Anéilocapra americana) loves the valley and 
the open land. Before the Americans took California, the Sac- 
ramento and San Joaquin valleys abounded with herds of an- 
telope ; but now they are rare in the northern part of the state, 
and not abundant in the southern part. The traveller in the 
Tulare valley and in the Great Basin near the Coast Moun- 
tains, sees herds of them every day. Thousands are killed 
yearly for the market. In size the antelope is not quite so 
large.as the Californian deer, which it resembles closely in form 
and general appearance. They are distinguished at a distance 
by their motion: the antelope canters, while the deer runs; 
the antelope go in herds, and move in a line following the lead 
of an old buck, like sheep, to which they are related, while deer 
more frequently are alone, and if in a herd they are more inde- 
pendent, and move each in the way that suits him best. In color, 
the back, upper part of the sides and outside of the thighs and 
forelegs are yellowish brown; the under parts, lower part of 
_ the sides, and the buttocks as seen from behind, are white. 
The hair is very coarse, thick, spongy, tubular, slightly crimped, 
or waved, and like short lengths of coarse threads cut off 
bluntly. The horns are very irregular in size and form, but 
usually they are about eight inches long, rise almost perpen- 
dicularly, have a short, blunt prong in front, several inches 
from the base, and make a short backward crook at the top. 
The female has horns as well as the male. The hoof is heart- 
shaped, and its print upon the ground may be readily distin- 
from the long, narrow track of the deer. “The antelope is 
about two feet and a half high, and four feet long from the 
nose to the end of the tail. 
The mountain sheep (Ovis montana) is found on the Sierra 
Nevada, from the Tejon Pass to the Oregon line, but it is a 
rare and very shy animal, and is seldom killed. Its length is 
about five feet, and its weight sometimes three hundred and 
