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U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY-GENERAL REPORT. 
ear is a light sooty brown, as is the lower portion and tip of the opposite side. The hairs 
themselves are dull whitish near the base, pale cinnamon elsewhere. 
Measurements. 
Inches. 
7. 50 
4. 00 
7. 00 
31. 00 
53. 00 
. 93 
8. 00 
from root to end of hairs_ _ 
10. 00 
Ears, height posteriorly_._ 
5. 75 
height anteriorly___ 
4. 50 
height internally above skull__ ___ 
4. 50 
height above notch_ 
4. 50 
width___ 
3. 08 
total length of cartilage_ 
5. 66 
Arm, between claws across shoulder -_ 
50. 00 
length of fore arm _ _ 
7. 00 
from elbow to end of claws_ 
16. 50 
metacarpus_____._ 
6. 50 
fore foot, from end of metacarpus_ 
4. 00 
longest claw __ __ __ ___ 
Leg, from knee joint to end of claws_ _ 
21. 00 
tibia_._ 
10. 00 
hind foot, from end of tibia to foot_....... 
7. 50 
hind foot_._ 
4. 00 
Commissure of mouth_ 
2. 08 
Width of nostril_ 
1.00 
Circumference at shoulder_......_ 
19.00 
at middle of body_ 
25. 00 
In the preceding detailed description of the Virginia deer I have presented the principal 
features of form as seen at all ages. As characteristic of the adult, I may add, that in summer 
the hair above and on the sides is of a uniform bright hay or yellowish red, without annulation 
of any kind, and only a little paler towards the roots. The under parts are mostly white. The hair 
is also very thin and close pressed. 
The winter coat varies considerably, however. The hairs are much longer and denser. The 
prevailing tint all over, except where otherwise indicated, is a light yellowish red, with a 
strong tinge of gray, and finely mottled or variegated with brown. The hairs, taken singly, 
are of a light ash at the base, then brown, (darkest at tip,) with a subterminal annulus ol 
light grayish chestnut or grayish red. The space between the fore legs, and extending in a 
point a little posterior to this is like the hack hut with no distinct annuli. The whole under 
