78 ODONTOCCELUS. 



which is now used as a rug in a private house in Washington, D. C., 

 and no measurements are available. 



c. canus (Odocoileus!), Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Nat. Scien., in, 



1901, p. 560. 

 CHIHUAHUA MULE DEER. 



Type locality. Sierra en Media, State of Chihuahua, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to O. hemionus, but paler (winter pelage). 

 Antlers similar but lighter and more slender. 



Color. Above pale gray; top of head and face pale brown; chin 

 white; breast black; beneath white; tail above dark on basal half, 

 sometimes for the whole length, tip black. 



Measurements. Total length, 1830; tail vertebrae, 230; hind foot, 

 500; height at withers, 955. 



d. peninsulce (Mazama), Lydekk., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1897, p. 899-900. 

 LOWER CALIFORNIA DEER. 



Type locality. La Paz, Lower California, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Cape region of Lower California. 



Genl. Char. Size small, black dorsal line. 



Color. Winter Pelage. Above iron gray; dorsal black band 

 extending over the tail; flanks and legs chestnut; under parts black- 

 ish brown; tail white with black base and tip. 



Antlers. Simple spikes, and basal snag. 



Measurements. Smaller than O. h. calijornicus. 



61. sinaloae (Odocoileus!), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1903, p. 



613. 

 SINALOA WHITE-TAILED DEER. 



Type locality. Escuinapa, State of Sinaloa, Mexico. 



Color. Above yellowish gray brown; black band above nose; 

 sides of nose, space behind nose band, and orbital ring gray; chin 

 and throat buffy grayish white; axillary and inguinal regions, posterior 

 surface of upper fore legs and inner side of thighs white; limbs buffy 

 brown anteriorly; yellowish white on sides and hind parts below 

 carpal and tarsal joints; tail above bright rufous, below white; ears 

 whitish inside. 



Measurements. Total length, 1435; tail vertebrae, 175; hind foot, 

 340; ear from notch, 117; from anterior base, 145. Skull: total 

 length, 215; Hensel, 200; occipito-nasal length, 182; length of nasals, 

 56; zygomatic breadth, 91; width of frontals at anterior border of 

 orbit, 54.5; width of constriction at base of horns, 69; mastoid 

 breadth, 65; alveolar length of upper premolar-molar series, 70; 

 young adult; antlers slender spikes, 45 and 88 mm. in length in two 

 individuals. 



