66 FIELD MUSEUM or NATURAL HISTORY ZOOLOGY, VOL. XI. 



Map illustrating approximate distribution of races of the Virginia or White-tailed Deer in eastern 

 North America. The central white area indicates the portion of its former range where it is now practi- 

 cally extinct. 



Odocoileus virginianus (BoDD.). Type locality Virginia. Description as pre- 

 viously given. 



Odocoileus v. borealis (MILLER). Type locality Bucksport, Maine. Range and 

 description as previously given. 



Odocoileus v. macrourus (RAFIN.). (Amer. Month. Mag., I, 1817, p. 436.) Type 

 locality Plains of Kansas River. General color, paler. 



Odocoileus v. louisiana G. ALLEN. (Amer. Nat., XXXV, 1901, p. 449.) Type 

 locality Mer Rouge, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. 

 Size of virginianus; color in winter, pale; skull, long and slender. 



Odocoileus osceola (BANGS). (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., X, 1896, p. 26.) Type local- 

 ity Citronelle, Citrus Co., Florida. 

 Decidedly smaller than louisiance, the color darker and horns smaller. 



