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parts pale fulvous; tarsal -land blackish in middle, surrounded by ful- 

 vous. Tail: above, basal half fulvous like back; terminal half (except 

 white tip) black ; under side white, the white at tip showing from above. 



Cranial characters. — Skull similar to that of columbianus, but somewhat 

 smaller; tooth row shorter; lachrymal pit short and very deep ; ante- 

 orbital vacuity relatively small. 



Odocoileus columbianus scaphiotus subsp. nov. 



Type from Laguna Ranch, Gabilan Range, Calif, No. 65162, <^ ad., U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., Biological Survey Coll. Collected April 24, 1894, by J. E. Mc- 

 Lellan. Orig. No. 797. 



( 'haracters. — Similar to 0. columbianus, but ears very much larger ; color- 

 ation paler. 



Color. — Type specimen in worn winter pelage (April 24) : upper parts 

 uniform grizzled gray; under parts with white areas as in columbianus; 

 ears longer and very much broader than those of columbianus. 



Cranial characters. — Skull similar to that of columbianus, but lachrymal 

 pit narrower and more elongate anteriorly ; anteorbital vacuity much 

 larger; teeth larger and heavier. 



Measurements. — Type specimen (in flesh) : Total length 1465; tail verte- 

 bra 135 ; hind foot 452. Ear in dry skin : length from anterior base 178 ; 

 from notch 168 ; breadth 106. 



Odocoileus cerrosensis sp. nov. 



Type from Cerros (or Cedros) Id. off Lower California, Mexico, No. 

 80782, rf ad., U. S. Nat. Mus., Biological Survey Coll. Collected August 

 9, 1896, by A. W. Anthony. 



Characters. — Similar in general to the California Mule Deer, Odocoileus 

 hemionus calif ornicus, but smaller. 



Color. — Upper parts dark grizzled gray with scattered hairs of pale ful- 

 vous; a blackish band along median line from occiput to rump and on 

 upper surface of tail, usually but not always interrupted on rump ; muz- 

 zle grayish-white, becoming gray on sides of face ; a small dusky spot on 

 top of nose close to nose pad, and another on each side just behind nos- 

 tril ; a dark transverse band between eyes anteriorly, curving back over 

 eyes and reaching posteriorly to behind plane of eyes, thus forming a 

 broadly U-shaped mark ; ears grizzled gray with a darker area on ante- 

 rior face just above middle ; inside of ears white ; under lip and chin 

 whitish, with a small elongate black spot on each side of middle of lip, 

 and a small dark triangle on middle of chin ; throat and neck dark dusky 

 gray, becoming blackish between forelegs and along middle of breast: 

 sides of breast and belly grizzled -ray like back ; inguinal region and 

 posterior third of middle of belly whitish, becoming huffy on thigh and 

 reaching down on inner side of leg a little below heel; posterior aspect 

 of forelegs and feet huffy ; rest of legs and feet buffy fulvous. Tail : basal 

 two-thirds whitish, usually with dark band above ; terminal third abruptly 



