VIRGINIAN DEER. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Cervus virginianus. C. comibus raraosis antrorsum versis 
parum palmatis. Linn . Syst. Nat. 
Gmel. 1. p. 179- 
Horns much branched ; bending greatly 
forwards, and slightly palmated. 
Dama virginiana. Raj. Quadr. p. 80. 
Cervus Platyceros. Sloan. Jam. 2. 
p. 328. 
Virginian Deer. . . Penn. Hist. Quadr. i. p. 116. n. 55. 
Arct. Zool. 1. p. 28. n. 6. 
Large herds of Virginian deer inhabit the southern 
provinces of Canada, where they are seen grazing in 
the neighbourhood of the great rivers by which that 
country is intersected. They are restless animals, 
constantly in motion, and subject to worms in their 
heads and throats, especially those which live very 
near the shore. The deer are in better plight that 
keep in the savannas at a distance from the water, 
where they are less exposed to the attacks of the 
insects from whose eggs the worms are generated. 
The body of the Virginian deer is of a brownish 
ash-colour ; the belly, sides, shoulders, and thighs 
are white mottled with brown ; the tail, which is 
ten inches long, is of a dusky colour. This species 
