VARIATIONS OF THE WHITE-TAILED DEER 79 
creature’s waving tail that in the West many hunters call it 
the Fiac-TatLtep DErEr. 
There are two points in which this deer differs from all 
others and by which it can easily be recognized. 
1. Its antlers rise a short distance from the forehead, then 
suddenly drop forward, with the beam almost horizontal, and 
TAILS OF AMERICAN DEER. 
1. Columbian Black-Tail. 
2. Mule Deer. 
8. White-Tailed, or Virginia Deer. (Small specimen.) 
from the beam three long, sharp tines rise perpendicularly. The 
antlers of nearly all other deer point backward as they rise. 
2. The tail is very long, pointed at the end, bushy near the 
body and white underneath, as described above. 
The White-Tailed Deer is the best known of all our hoofed 
animals except the buffalo, because it is the one most widely 
distributed and has been the longest known. Generally 
