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russet above, white beneath. Hoofs black. Ears dark brown out- 

 side, hairs tipped with buff; inside white. 



Skull of Male. The roof of the cranial cavity is arched, rising 

 but slightly at the forward portion above the plane of the face, but 

 declining sharply from the junction of the frontals and parietals to 

 the supra-occipital. The general shape is rather narrow with a mod- 

 erately long face, diminishing rapidly in width from the anterior edge 

 of first premolar. The premaxillae are very long, and from their 

 upper posterior borders to extreme anterior edge are equal in length 

 to the nasals. Distance from anterior end of nasals to end of premax- 

 1II.1 1 , inches. Antorbital fossa occupies nearly all the lachrymal; 

 is deep and measures in length about seven-eighths the diameter of 

 the orbit. Antorbital vacuity rather large, reaching about three- 

 fourths the length of the upper border of the antorbital fossa, and 

 three-eighths of an inch wide in its broadest part. There is a slight 

 sagittal crest commencing at the junction of the frontals and parietals 

 and extending forward on the frontal plateau to the middle of the 

 orbits. Nasals much rounded posteriori}', becoming flatter at their 

 anterior extremity. Parietal much longer than broad in its widest 

 part. Occipital condyles large. Paroccipital processes flat, broad 

 above, tapering rapidly to a point, and curving inward. Auditory 

 bulla 5 large and prominent. The mesopterygoid fossa is quite short 

 in proportion to the length of the skull, and the auditory bulla? 

 extend in width about half its length. Teeth of moderate size, with 

 small supplementary columns on the molar series. Horn pedicles 

 quite long, commencing at the upper border of the orbit and rising 

 nine-tenths of an inch above the cranium, and extending upward and 

 backward from the orbit. The horns are in the velvet, and probably 

 have not attained their full growth. The burr is of moderate size 

 and only slightly exceeding the beam in diameter. This last is flat- 

 tened at base, extends upwards and curves outwards for 5j4 

 inches on the left side, and 6}£ inches on the right, and both turned 

 inward at tip. A straight brow antler branches off about an inch 

 above the burr and rises for about three inches, the right being 

 slightly longer than the left. Extreme width between horns 

 at apex nine inches. Width between burrs, 1 ? 4 inches. The 

 coronoid process of the mandible is greatly curved, and its point 

 extends behind the condyle. The ramus is also greatly curved on its 

 lower border from the angle to the anterior edge of first lower premolar. 

 The mental foramina are large, oblique, and with the exterior border 

 spread outward. 



A skull of an old female resembles the above described one of 

 the male, but is more slenderly built, with narrower frontals and 



