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CERVUS VIRGINIANUS.— Pennant. 
Common American Deer. 
PLATE LXXXL— Fawn. Natural Size. 
PLATE GXXXVI. — Male and Female. — W inter pelage. 
C. cornibus mediocribu.s, ramosis, sub-complanatis, retrorsum valde in- 
clinatis, dein antrorsum versls ; ramo basali-interno retrorso ; ramis 
plurimis posticis, retrorsum et sursum spectantibus, sinubus suborbitalibus 
plicam cutaneam formantibus; vellere aestate fulvo, hyeme canescente- 
fusco. 
CHARACTERS. 
Horns middle sized, tending to flatten, strongly bent back and then for- 
wards ; a basal antler on the internal side, pointing backwards ; several 
snags on the posterior edge, turned to the rear, and upwards ; suborbital sinus 
making a fold ; colour, fulvous in summer, gray-brown in winter. 
SYNONYMES. 
'Virginian Deer. Penn. Syn., p. 51 
“ “ Penn. Quadrupeds. Vol. l,p. 104. 
“ “ Shaw’s General Zoology. Vol. 2, p. 284. 
Amerikanischbr Hirsch. Kalm Reise. Vol. 2, p. 326. 3d. p. 482. 
ViRGiNisoHER PIiRSCH. Zimtnenn. Geogr. Gesch. Vol. 2, p. 129. 
Cere de la Louisiane. Cuv. Regn. An., lore p. 256. 
Ceeyus Virginiands. Gmel. Vol. 1, p. 179. 
Dama Amkrioanus. Erxl. Syst., p. 312. 
C. Virginianus. Harlan. Pauna Am., p. 239. 
“ Godm. Am. Nat. Hist. Vol. 2. p. 306. 
C. Mbxioands et clavatus. Hamilton Smith, p. 315. Griff. Cuv. Vol. 4. p. 127. 
Vol. 5, p. 315. 
C. Virginianus. Dekay’s N. Y. Fauna, p. 113. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Muzzle sharp ; head rather long ; eyes large and lustrous ; lachrymal 
pits covered by a fold of the skin. Tail moderately depressed. Legs 
