70 ODONTOCGELUS. 
c.} Horns simple spikes. PAGE 
a.’ Upper parts pale drab gray; tail whitish, 
tip; black: ../ poe hee eee O.h. peninsule 78 
b.’t Upper parts yellowish gray brown; tail 
bright: rufous.) ogy peste ca eae O. sinaloe 78 
americanus texensis (Dorcelaphus), Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 
EOOG Piven 
a. texensis (Odocoileus!), Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 40. 
TEXAN Deer. Venado in Mexico for all Deer. 
Type locality. Fort Clark, Kinney County, Texas. 
Geogr. Distr. Texas and northern Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Size small; tip and edges of ears black; horns small, 
incurved; molar teeth large; color pale. 
Color.—Winter Pelage. Top of head black, sides light ash gray; 
upper parts yellowish white and gray mixed; black line from crown 
to root of tail; sides pale yellowish ash; chest fuliginous; rest of 
under parts white; chin white, with black transverse cross-bar; jaws 
light ash; throat white; legs reddish fawn mixed with gray and 
black; tail black above, white below. 
Summer Pelage. Pale reddish. 
Measurements. Total length, 1585; tail vertebra, 265; ear from 
crown, 160; height at shoulder, 880. 
Antlers. Length of beam on outside curve, 440; widest expanse, 
330; circumference of beam at base, 80. 
americanus cowesi (Cervus), Coues and Yarrow, in Wheel. Geog. 
and Geol. Surv. West rooth Merid., 1875, p. 72. 
americanus couest (Odocotleus!), Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, 
Deng: 
mexicanus Baird, N. Am. Mamm., 1875, p. 653. (Part.) 
virginianus var. Coues and Yarrow, in Wheel., Rep. Geog. and 
Geol. Surv. West rooth Merid., v, 1875, pp. 72-75. 
var. couest Rothrock, Rep. Geog. and Geol. Surv. West rooth 
Merid.,- v5.167 5: arya: 
CoveEs’ DEER. 
Type locality. Camp Crittenden, Pima County, Arizona. 
Geogr. Distr. Arizona and State of Sonora to City of Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Smaller than O. americanus, horns similar. 
Color.—Summer Pelage. Above pale dull fawn color, tinged with 
ochraceous; dorsal area mouse gray; sides tawny or reddish brown; 
+ Animal not fully. adult. 
t Animal not fully adult. 
