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white border-line beginning at the cleft of the short and broad hoofs and 
ascending, similar to the Central American and South American mazama 
deer. The most striking feature of the animal, however, is the entire form 
of its body and the color of its coat. The Mexican deer is not possessed of so 
fine a head or such a light and graceful build as the Virginia deer proper, with 
which it, however, agrees in the absence of the marked dark band of the 
chin. Its long, brown coat of hair, which is somewhat speckled on the body, 
has nothing in common with the general features which so admirably adorn 
A MEXICAN DEER. 
the Virginia deer. This peculiar coat, which does not alter with the seasons, 
is probably caused by the animal living in a mountainous country. 
THE BARKING DEER. 
One of the most interesting members of the deer family is the Indian 
Muntjac, known there as the barking deer, and in Hindustan as the kakar. 
This animal stands from 20 to 22 inches in height at the shoulder, and 
