418 A NEW DEER FROM CENTRAL AMERICA. 



• 1 fi,„ a..r in- a fringe of lonu' white liairs, 

 The latter is continued ^£™*££?££ t the tip of the ear 

 which grow shorter upwards and are replaced auo i 



by short l„i,s, closely set. The postenor .now »«£» °^*£ of 



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his aregray at the base and grow darker above. The tap. are black, 

 ^.eTetwl this color and the gray is a chestnut or W<£* 



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pale chestnut, without a black tip. J-ne u+u 

 Bamp but is fully 2J inches long. 



^ co or of the tail above is tawny, like the back, but the hairs are 

 darkbrown in the basal half. The hair of the under side of the ta,l, 

 SfpSZi, the scrotum, the inside of the thighs, and the abdomen 

 uearlv to the navel, is long and pure white. 



The tawav color of the Hanks extends without mtermptaon ove. the 

 chest The median line of the breast is dusky brown. The neck ,s pale 

 t'ath chestnut, the gray color being due to the fact that the gray of 

 tnlllotrparrof ttiel^rsis mingled with the color of the upper parts of 



tt Tht7aw and throat are white, except that there are, as already stated, 

 two duskv brown spots ou the margin of the lower lip. 



The color of the upper surfaces of the body is continued on the legs. 



The proximal half of the inside of the fore legs is pure white; but d.s- 



^Hy there is little difference in the color of the inner and outer ,nr- 



es The same is true as regards the distal ha.f of the hind legs ; ; he 



inside of the upper hind leg, however, is paler than the outs.de, but ,s 



n °ThMnurs of 'the tarsal gland are pure white; of the very small rncta- 

 tarsal gland, scarcely lighter than that of the surrounding tawny-graj 

 area so that this gland is only with much difficulty to be found. 

 " luer JLa. in other species of Curiae,,, the winter coat is 

 gray instead of tawny, the general color being that commonly known 

 a "oepper-and.salt." Behind the navel, as far as the penis, the color 

 ; |; , rather than pure white. The tarsal gland is surrounded by 

 blackish hairs, but outside of these, anteriorly, there are some whvtj 

 h The surrounding area is tawny-gray. On the upper side oi the 



tail the hairs are all dusky brown at the base and tawny at the tap. 

 Legs gray. 



COMPA.USOX OF TUB SKCX O. C CI^VATUS WITH THAT OF C VHUDUAKUS. 



Compared with 0. mrginianm,^ forehead of C. clavatus i* flatter. 

 The level is maintained as far as the proximal cud of nasals, beyond 



