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63. 2. 24. 41. Skin, female, mounted. Fort Colville, 

 British Columbia. Presented hy J. K. Lord, Esq., 1863. 



72. 12. 12. 3. Skin, mounted. Yellowstone Park. 



Purchased ( Ward, Rochester, U.S.A.), 1872. 

 72. 12. 12. 4. Skin, mounted, female. Same locality. 



Same history. 

 12. 5. 15. 1. Skin, in winter coat, mounted. La 

 Eochelle Creek, British Columbia. 



Presented Ivj the Government of British Cohimhia, 1912. 



B.— Odocoileus hemionus virg^ultus. 



Cariacus virgultus, Hallock, Forest and Stream, vol. iii, p. 404, 1899. 

 Odocoileus virgultus,* Miller and Behn, Proc. Boston Nat. Hist. Soc. 



vol. xxxi, p. 69, 1903 ; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 390, 1912. 

 OdontoccElus hemionus virgultus, Elliot, Chech-List Mamm. N. Amcr. 



etc. (Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. vi) p. 49, 1905. 



Typical locality north-western Minnesota, whence the 

 range extends into the adjoining British territory. 



Distinguished from typical race by smaller antlers, and 

 uniform calibre of short tail ; general colour dark grey, with 

 long black and white hairs. 



No specimen in collection. 



C— Odocoileus hemionus californicus. 



Cervus macrotis, vat: californicus, Caton, Amer. Nat. vol. x, p. 464, 



1876, vol. xix, p. 811, 1885. 

 Mazania hemionus californica, Lydehker, Deer of All Lands, p. 276, 



1898, Great and Small Game of Europe, etc. p. 350, 1901. 

 Odocoileus hemionus californicus, Setoii-TJiompson, Forest and 



Stream, vol. li, p. 286, 1898 ; Elliot, Synoj). Mamm. N. Amcr. 



{Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. ii) p. 43, 1901 ; Stone and Cram, 



American Animals, p. 41, 1912; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. 



p. 388, 1912. 

 Odontoccelus henaionus californicus, Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. and 



W. Indies {Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. iv), p. 77, 1904, Cliech-List 



Mamm. N. Amer. etc. {ibid. vol. vi) p. 49, 1905. 



Typical locality Gaviota Pass, Coast Kange, forty miles 

 from Santa Barbara, California. 



Ears smaller than in typical race ; tail with a dark dorsal 



* Misprinted virgultis in first quotation. 



