CERVUS COLUMBIANUS, Ricu. 
Black-tailed Deer. 
Cervus macrotis, var. Columbianus. Ricnarpson, F. B. A., 257. 
Cervus Columbianus, . . . . . Barro, Pacific R. R. Rep., 659. 
Cervus Lewisii. . . . . . . . Pratr, Mamm. and Birds U. 
S. Ex. Ex., 39. 
Cervus (Cariacus) Lewisii. . . . J. E. Gray, Pr. Zool. Soc. 
Lond., XVIII. 2389. 
Cervus Cariacus punctulatus. . . Gray, Knows. Menag., 67. 
Cervus Richardsonii. . . . . . Avup. & Bacu., III. 27. 
Columbia Black-tailed Deer. . . . Aun. & Bacu., III. 27. 
Black-tailed Fallow Deer. . . . Lewis & Crarg, Exped, by 
Paul Allen, II. 209, 210, 
2115 295 
Black-tailed Deer. . . . . . . Batrp, Pacific R. R. Rep., 
VILL. 659. 
Less in size than the mule deer. Short body and short legs. Ears 
large but less in size than those of the mule deer. Eyes large and bril- 
liant. Tail short and round. One fourth of the circumference of the 
tail on the under side is white; the balance is a tawny dull black. 
The black is of the deepest shade on the lower part. Metatarsal gland 
between the tarsus and the middle of the leg, is intermediate in size 
between those on the mule deer and those on the Virginia deer. ‘arsal 
gland much the same in size and form as on those two species, and of a 
shade lighter color than the surrounding coat; color of body a tawny 
gray, with white on back part of belly and inguinal region, extending to 
root of tail. ‘The face is gray with darker forehead. Under the head 
white. Legs generally of a uniform dark cinnamon color, not a white 
hair to be found upon them below the hock. Antlers once or twice bifur- 
cated. Gait like that of the mule deer. Is found on the Pacific coast of 
the United States and British Columbia only; having the most limited 
‘range of all the deer found in the United States, and perhaps on this 
continent. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
This interesting species of deer was first discovered by Lewis 
and Clark, near the mouth of the Columbia River. They first 
mention it under date of the 19th of November, 1805. They 
say: “ This, like all those we have seen on this coast, are much 
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