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A pale desert-race of the species, the geuei'a\ colour 

 being pale drab-grey, with a darker dorsal stripe, which 

 foriQs a blackish spot at the base of the tail, with a slight 

 extension along the upper surface of the same. 



No specimen in collection. 



F. — Odocoileus hemionus peninsulae. 



Mazama hemionus peniusulte, LydckTier, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 900, 

 Deer of All Lands, p. 276, 1898, Great and Small Game of 

 Europe, etc. p. 359, 1901 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, 

 p. 107, 1910, ed. 7, p. 104, 1914. 



Odocoileus hemionus peninsute. Miller and EeJin, Proc. Boston Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. vol. XXX, p. 16, 1901 ; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamin. 

 p. 358, 1912. 



Odontoccelus hemionus peninsulte, Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. and 

 W. Indies {Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. iv), p. 78, 1904, Check- 

 List Mamm. N. Amer. etc. {ibid. vol. vi) p. 50, 1905. 



Typical locality Sierra Laguna, La Paz, Lower California. 



Smaller than and more Ijriglitly coloured than 0. h. 

 calif ornicus, with the antlers in the form of simple spikes and 

 a basal snag ; general colour in winter dark speckled iron- 

 grey, with an irregular black band along middle of back, 

 expanding towards hind-quarters, and continued on to 

 upper surface of the tail, where it may be connected by a 

 narrow line with the black tip, or separated by a l)road ring 

 of pale straw-coloured hair; legs bright chestnut, and a 

 patch of same colour on flanks, separating the dark speckled 

 grey of the back from the uniform blackish brown of the 

 under-parts. 



98. 3. 1. 171. Skin, immature. Sierra Laguna, La Paz; 

 collected by Mr. D. Coolidge. Type. Purchased, 1898. 



98. 3. 1. 172. A similar specimen. Same locality and 

 collector. Sa7nc history. 



G.— Odocoileus hemionus eanus. 



Odocoileus hemionus canus, Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. 

 vol. iii, p. 560, 1901 ; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 388, 1912. 



Odontoccelus hemionus canus, Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. and 

 W. Indies {Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. iv), p. 78, 1904, C heck- 

 List Mamm. N. Amer. etc. {op. cit. vol. vi) p. 50, 1905. 



Typical locality Sierra en Media, State of Cbihualiua, 

 Mexico. 



