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FRANK FORESTER’S FIELD SPORTS. 
on buds and twigs of trees, shrubs, bernes and grapes. It ap¬ 
pears to be particularly fond of the buds and flowers of the 
pond-lily. 
“ It ranges from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and probably 
still farther South. I saw two Deer alive from Campeachy 
which were exhibited as Mexican Deer, but offered no distinc¬ 
tive characters from those of our common Deer. It is found 
throughout the West to the Rocky Mountains.* It does not 
appear to extend into Canada.”— DeKay’s Natural History of 
New- York. 
THE BLACK-TAIL DEER. 
CERVUS MACROTIS. 
The Black-tailed Fallow Deer ; Lewis and Clarke , i. p. 30 ; Mule 
Deer; ibid. ii. 166. Cervus Auritus; Warden , Descr. des 
Etats Unis, v. 640. Cervus Macrotis ; Say, Long’s Expedi¬ 
tion to the Rocky Mountains , ii. 88. Commonly called Mule 
Deer.\ 
“ The first indication of this fine Deer was given by Lewis 
and Clarke, who found it on the seacoast and the plains of Mis¬ 
souri, as well as upon the borders of the, Kooskoose River, in 
the vicinity of the Rocky Mountains. They inform us that the 
habits of this animal are similar to that of its kindred species, 
except that it does not run at full speed, but bounds along, 
raising every foot from the ground at the same time. It is found 
sometimes in the woodlands, but most frequently is met with in 
prairies and in open grounds. Its size is rather greater than 
that of the common Deer— C. Virginianus^-b ut its flesh is con¬ 
sidered inferior to the flesh of that species. 
* This is a strange blunder. It is most abundant both in both Upper and 
Lower Canada. 
“t We avoid this name, because it leads to an incorrect notion of the animal. 
The resemblance of its ears to those of the Mule gave origin to the name ” 
