THE STORY OF THE DEER. 
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be correct, it is very remarkable; for it is generally supposed that the fawns 
of all fallow deer are spotted at birth, and that, except in the permanently 
spotted variety, the spots disappear with age. The venison of the fallow 
deer is generally considered superior to that of the red deer. 
THE BLACK-TAIL DEER. 
By the hunters in Colorado the mule-deer is commonly spoken of as the 
black-tail, although that name properly belongs to> a species confined to the 
BLACK-TAIL DOE SWIMMING A RIVER. 
mountain-ranges bordering the Pacific in the neighborhood of the Columbia 
River, and unknown to the eastward of the Sierra Nevada. This deer is 
rather smaller than the mule-deer, with relatively smaller ears, but nearly simi¬ 
lar antlers. The comparatively short round tail is black throughout, except for 
a short strip of about one-fourth the circumference running along the under 
surface. The general color in winter is tawny gray with white on the under¬ 
parts and throat. The face is gray, and the legs a dark cinnamon color. In 
summer the color changes to* bay. 
