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horns: The main stem rises upward and laterally, and then 
makes a broad curve forward, with the tips turned inward and 
downward; on the inner, and slightly anterior surface of the 
main stem, arises a short brow antler, directed forward and up¬ 
ward; the stem, thus far, is roughened by nodosities and fur¬ 
rows ; above this, a branch is thrown off from the interior, or 
anterior, curving inwards and forwards, and occasionally ano¬ 
ther branch before reaching the tip. These first and second 
branches are occasionally themselves bifurcated; and in one 
before me now, the horns exhibit six tips on one side; including 
those of the brow antlers; and on the other nine, the first 
branch being bifid, the second trifid, a third simple, and the ex¬ 
treme tip itself bifid. When the horn is palmated, the flattening 
occurs at the origin of the first branch. In many specimens 
tliere is only the brow antler, and a single branch alone. Fur, 
composed of flattened angular hairs, lying smooth upon the 
body. 
“ Color. —Bluish-gray in the autumn and winter ; dusky red 
dish, or fulvous, in the spring ; becoming bluish in the summer. 
The fawns are irregularly spotted with white. The gray, or 
reddish color in the adult, extends over the whole head, back, 
sides, and upper part of the tail; a few white hairs often ob¬ 
served on the rump, at the origin of the tail. Beneath the 
chin, throat, belly, and inside of legs, and underside of tail, 
always white; ears margined with dark brown, and often with 
white hairs within,—and a white circle round the eyes; hoofs 
jet black. Total length, (average,) sixty-eight inches ; length 
of tail, including hairs, six inches ; height of ear, four inches. 
“ This well-known animal is still found in almost every part 
of the State where there is sufficient forest to afford them food 
and cover. From the mountainous regions of Orange, Rock¬ 
land, and Delaware, the city market is supplied in great abun¬ 
dance during the winter. In the most northerly counties, they 
are not numerous ; and in other counties, the united attacks of 
Men and Wolves are daily decreasing their number. Under the 
article Wolf, we have shown how destructive the Wolves are 
