366 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Proc. 4th See 



at least to the vicinity of ]\Iount Shasta (Townsend, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., 10, 1887, ]). 168) : now existing in relatively 

 small numbers in Del Norte and Humboldt counties (accord- 

 ing to information received through California Fish and Game 

 Commission). 



Cervus nannodes ]\Ierriam 

 Dwarf Elk 



Original description — Cervus naiuwdcs Merriam, Proc. Biol. 

 Soc. Wash.. 18, February 2, 1905, pp. 24, 25. 



Type locality — Buttonwillow, Kern County, California. 



Synouyiii — Cervus ca)iadeiisis, part; California Wapiti ; San 

 Joaquin Valley Elk ; Tule Elk. 



Range — Lower Sonoran zone, formerly in the San Joaquin 

 Valley, especially in its southern part, west through the coast 

 ranges to the Cuyama Valley in northern Santa Barbara 

 County, and to Santa Clara Valley in Santa Clara County 

 (Rowley, MS ; Mus. Vert. Zool.) : also probably north through 

 the Sacramento Valley at least as far as the vicinity of Marys- 

 ville Buttes. Now only in western Kern County, between 

 Tulare and Bnena Vista lakes and adjacent hills to the west; 

 a transplanted herd in the Sequoia National Park, Tulare 

 County. 



Odocoileus virginianus macrourus (Rafinesque) 

 White-tailed Deer 



Original description — Corviis (=Cerviis) macrourus Ra- 

 finesque, Amer. Monthly Mag., 1, October, 1817, p. 436. 



Type locality — Plains of Kansas River, Upper Missouri 

 Valley. 



Synonym — Odocoileus americanus macrourus. 



Range — Said to have formerly occurred in extreme eastern 

 and northeastern California, chiefly in the Modoc region. Many 

 accounts by hunters, but no verified or recent report. 



Odocoileus columbianus columbianus (Richardson) 



Columbian Black-tailed Deer 



Original description — Cervus macrotis var. columhiana 

 Richardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana, 1, 1829, p. 257. 



