THE WHITE-FOOTED DEER.

During the stay of Long's Expedition at Engineer Cantonment, three

specimens of a variety of the common deer were brought in, having all

the feet white near the hoofs, and extending to those on the hind

feet from a little above the spurious hoofs. This white extremity was

divided, upon the sides of the foot, by the general colour of the leg,

which extends down near to the hoofs, leaving a white triangle in

front, of which the point was elevated rather higher than the spurious

hoofs.--GODMAN'S NATURAL HISTORY, vol. ii. p 314.

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