252 THE DEER OF AMERICA. 
Here this seam divides so as to embrace the tuft proper. This 
tuft is one inch and nine lines long, widening out. from the point 
of commencement for one inch of its length, where it is nearly 
nine lines wide ; thence it narrows down to its anterior extremity, 
where it is rounded off. From all directions the hairs on the 
surrounding region, — which are of a very light roan color, or dull 
white with red hairs sparsely scattered through them, — point to 
this tuft and overlap its borders. Most of the hairs in the tuft 
are a dull black, but a few are white and some a russet red; on 
many the general appearance is jet black. ‘The contrast in color 
of most specimens make this a conspicuous mark, but on some 
the surrounding coat is much darker, and others are lighter than 
that from which the above description is taken, so that the con- 
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Fig. 1. Tarsal Gland of Moose and Swedish Elk. 
trast may be more or less striking, but the initial radial point, 
the seam and the tuft itself, are found just alike on all, in 
position and color, only varying in extent with the size of the 
animal. : 
It will be observed that this differs from those on all the other 
species, in that it occupies a horizontal instead of a vertical posi- 
tion; is black, and is much smaller in proportion to the size of 
_the animal. No one who has carefully studied it could ever hesi- 
tate to declare the species, from an inspection of this tuft alone. 
It is as certain indicia of the species, as is the metatarsal gland 
on the mule deer to be hereafter described. It is more indi- 
vidualized than is the tuft covering the tarsal gland on either of 
the other species. 
To sum up, we may say that the glandular system on the hind 
leg of the Moose, which is the largest of the species, is much 
