14 ODOCOILEUS. 



This skin is represented l)y a ru^', wi'U-niade and well preserved, and also l>y 

 a few small fra<inients, triMuniii^s from the skin, before it was made into a ni^. 

 Until March 2!», l!t02, the skin was owned hy Dr. Anita N. McGee, of Wash- 

 ington, D. C, while the small scraps of skin were in the National Museum from 

 the time it was catalogued. May 4, 1896. On March 29, 1902, the skin made up 

 as a rug came into the possession of the Museum. 



No type was designated. Doctor Mearns specified three individuals in the 

 original description, namely, skin no. 63403, and two pairs of antlers, nos. 59910 

 and 6()S.55. The descrij)tion is based primarily on the skin, and the antlers are 

 mentioned rather incidentally at the end of the description, prefaced by this 

 statement: " It appears to be a larger animal than the mule deer of the Easteru 

 Desert Tract, and unless the specimens brouglvt home by our party are abnor- 

 mal, its horns are heavier," etc., which seems to indicate that the antlers fnrm 

 but a minor part of the description. 



Cervus lewisii Peale. See page 288. 



Odocoileus nelsoni Merriam. Biological Survey collection. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XII, pp. 103-104, April 30, 1898. 



76201. Skin and skull. Two-year-old male. San Cristobal, Chiapas, 

 Mexico. October 1, 1895. Collected b}^ E. W. Nelson and E. A. 

 Goldman. Original number 8524. 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect. 



Odocoileus columbianus scaphiotus Merriam. Biol. Survey coll. 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XII, p. 101, April 30, 1898. 



65162. Skin and skull. Adult male. Laguna Ranch, Gabilan Range, 

 California. April 24, 1894. Collected by J. E. McLellan. Origi- 

 nal number 797. 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect. 



Odocoileus columbianus sitkensis Merriam. Biol. Survey coll. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XII, pp. 100-101, April 30, 1898. 



74383. Skin and skull. Immature female. Sitka, Alaska. August 

 8, 1895. Collected b}'^ C. P. Streator. Original number 4767. 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect except slight perforations of 

 palate and audital bulhe; left supraorbital border slightly broken; left paroccipi- 

 tal process Itroken. 



Dorcelaphus texanus Mearns. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XII, p. 23, January 27, 1898. 

 =Odocoileus texanus (Mearns). See Thompson, Forest and Stream, LI, p.26S, 

 October 8, 1898. 



84794. Skin and skull. Adult male. Eort Clark, Kinney County, 

 Texas. December 25, 1897. Collected by Dr. E. A. Mearns, 

 U. S. A. Original number 42S8. International Boundary Com- 

 mission. Catalogued August 22, 1898. 



Skin in good condition; skull nearly perfect. Antlers sawed off, but present; 

 most of the right lower incisiform teeth broken off to the alveoli. 

 Type designated by the original number. 



