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MULE DEER. 
tocks there is a lightish patch seven inches in diameter, making an ap- 
proach to the yellowish white spot on the buttocks, so characteristic 
m the elk, rocky mountain sheep, and pronged horned antelope. From the 
root of the tail to near the extremity the hairs are ashy white. Point of 
tail for two inches black. 
There are no annulations on the hair, which is uniform in colour from 
the roots. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Female. 
Nose to anterior canthus of eye - - - _ 
Length of eye 
Nose to opening of ear - - - . . 
“ end “ “ - . . . . 
Breadth of ear 
Nose to point of shoulder - - . . . 
Nese to root of tail 
Tail vertehrse 
End of hair 
Tip of shoulder to elbow - - - . . 
“ “ “ to bottom of feet - - _ _ 
Height to rump 
Girth back of shoulder - - - - . 
Round the neck 
Nose to angle of mouth - . - . . 
Between eyes at anterior canthus ... 
Behind the eyes round the head ... 
Weight, 132 lbs. 
Dimensions of a Male, as given by Say. 
Length from base of antlers to origin of basal process, 
From basal process to principal bifurcations 
Posterior branch .... 
From anterior base of antlers to tip of superior jaw 
Of the ears - - . . . 
Trunk of the tail - - . . 
Hair at the tip of tail .... 
Ft. Inches 
H 
1 i 
1 8i 
3i 
2 1 
4 10 
10 
1 5 
3 3 
3 6i 
3 If 
1 2f 
3i 
4 
1 6 
Inches. 
2 
4ito 5 
2i to 3 
9i 
n 
4 
3 to 4 
