RUMINANTIA—CERVINAE—CERVUS COLUMBIANUS. 
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I am in some doubt as to the true characters of the Cervus lewisii and punctulatus of J. E. 
Gray. The former is described as very similar in its horns to the C. virginianus, but wanting 
the basal snag. 
unlike those of C. virginianus. 
A similar uncertainty applies to the Cervus punctulatus. 
Now, the basal snag is more frequently present than absent, and the horns are 
The most essential characteristics of the speciés are omitted. 
I have not at hand his figures of either 
species, and cannot therefore use them in ascertaining whether they are synonyms here, or of 
C. leucurus, but have provisionally placed them with C. columbianus. 
Catalogue number. 
1487 
1488 
1950 
1479 
1192 
1193 
1485 
| Corresponding No. 
Qs 40 Oy | Sex and age. 
Locality. 
Shoalwater bay, W. T. 
San Francisco, Cal--- 
List of 
Mar. 26, 1856 
Feb., 1856 
Nov., 1855 
When collected. | 
specimens. 
Whence and how 
obtained. 
Dr. Cooper 
Lt. Williamson------ 
Lt. Trowbridge------ 
Dr. J. F. Hammond - 
| Original number. 
Nature 
of specimen. 
Collected by— 
Titian Peale, esq. -- 
