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ACKNOWLEDG M ENTS. Dr. R. W. Bosely, DDS, kindly X-rayed 
the deer jaws. These findings were incidental to a continuing study funded 
through Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Grant W-49-R, Maryland. 
This is Contribution No. 1090, Appalachian Environmental Laboratory, 
Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, University of Maryland. 
All specimens are housed in the AEL museum. 
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Accepted 5 June 1980 
