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passing into yellowish ashy on the sides, and into a smoky tint on the 

 chest, the rest of the under-parts, as well as the throat, being white, as is 

 also the chin with the exception of a black bar across it. The legs are 

 reddish tawn with a mixture of greyish black. 



^k, Kinney County, Texas, is the type locality for this race of 

 the white-tailed deer, but it also ranges over a large part of Mexico. 



THE SOUTH MEXICAN WHITETAIL 



{Mazama aiiicricana incxicana) 



This is also a small race, standing 2 feet 9 inches at the withers, and 

 inhabiting the south of Mexico. In the type specimen, which is probably 

 in the winter coat, the colour of the upper-parts is described as rusty 

 greyish brown, without any mixture of rufous, specked with whitish ; the 

 hairs having their tips black and their basal halves white, between which 

 they are banded. The chest is reddish brown, the lower portion ot the 

 legs are devoid of speckling, and the under-parts are white, the lower jaw 

 being whitish. The upper side of the tail is yellowish brown speckled 

 with whitish near the root, beyond which it is a more uniform rusty 

 yellowish brown, with the tip and under side white. The metatarsal tuft 

 is brownish bordered with white. 



Of two Mexican skins in the British Museum probably belonging to 

 this race, the one, which is in the summer coat, is speckled foxy red above, 

 with the head and ears dark speckled grey, passing into tawny below 

 and behind the ears, and the chin, lower jaw, throat, and under-parts 

 white ; the upper surface of the tail being like the back. The second 

 shows the winter dress, which is dark brownish grey, speckled with black 

 above, but the upper side of the tail foxy. In both the metatarsal tuft 

 is very small. Antlers measuring 11^ and 13-i^ inches along the curve 

 have been recorded. 



