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  PR0CEEDI]S!GS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  Another 
  specimen, 
  No. 
  ffHf? 
  U.S.N.M., 
  male, 
  from 
  the 
  eastern 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  Patagonia 
  Monntains, 
  in 
  the 
  Santa 
  Cruz 
  Valloj', 
  near 
  monumi'iit 
  

   No. 
  112, 
  Mexican 
  boundary 
  line, 
  taken 
  November 
  18, 
  1802, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  X. 
  

   Holzner. 
  Original 
  number, 
  822, 
  represents 
  a 
  very 
  different 
  but 
  eoni- 
  

   mon 
  phase 
  of 
  coloration 
  in 
  this 
  skunk, 
  and 
  in 
  2I.macroura 
  Lichten 
  

   stein. 
  The 
  upper 
  surface 
  is 
  white, 
  i'rom 
  the 
  occiput 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   back, 
  and 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  dorsum, 
  including 
  the 
  whole 
  upper 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  tail, 
  grayish 
  black, 
  beautifully 
  veiled 
  by 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  In 
  this 
  

   specimen 
  the 
  white 
  stripe 
  on 
  the 
  npi)er 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  reduced 
  to 
  

   a 
  trace, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  others 
  it 
  is 
  Avholly 
  absent. 
  The 
  under 
  surface, 
  

   including 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  tail 
  to 
  near 
  its 
  extremity, 
  is 
  all 
  black, 
  except 
  

   a 
  white 
  patch 
  i-unniug 
  backward 
  from 
  the 
  neck 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  ot 
  

   the 
  abdomen. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  white 
  striping 
  low 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  sides. 
  Some 
  

   specimens 
  have 
  the 
  light 
  back, 
  also 
  the 
  white 
  side-stripes; 
  others 
  have 
  

   the 
  white 
  dorsal 
  area 
  ending 
  at 
  the 
  lumbar 
  region, 
  wdth 
  or 
  without 
  

   white 
  on 
  the 
  sides; 
  and 
  still 
  other 
  individuals 
  are 
  almost 
  wholly 
  black, 
  

   even 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  tail 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  hair. 
  The 
  two 
  individuals 
  

   particularly 
  described 
  above 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  patterns. 
  The 
  species 
  

   is 
  variable. 
  

  

  The 
  skull, 
  although 
  much 
  larger 
  and 
  relatively 
  narrow 
  zygomatically, 
  

   is 
  closely 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  Mephitis 
  macroura 
  Lichtenstein, 
  of 
  which 
  

   this 
  may 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  subspecies, 
  Named 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Oerrit 
  S. 
  

   Miller, 
  jr. 
  

  

  DORCELAPHUS 
  CROOKI, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  CROOK'S 
  BLACK-TAILED 
  DEER. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  No. 
  fff^^f, 
  IJ.S.N.M. 
  (Collection 
  International 
  Boundary 
  Com- 
  

   mission). 
  Adult 
  female: 
  shot 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  on 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  Dog 
  

   Mountains, 
  Grant 
  County, 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  June 
  9, 
  1892. 
  Original 
  num- 
  

   ber, 
  1873. 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  type. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  summer 
  iDclage. 
  Color 
  reddish 
  fawn, 
  

   darker 
  from 
  black 
  annulationson 
  the 
  back, 
  lightening 
  to 
  graj'ish 
  ciniui 
  

   mon 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  and 
  grayish 
  drab 
  on 
  the 
  neck. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  cream- 
  

   butt", 
  except 
  where 
  new 
  clay 
  colored 
  hair 
  is 
  coming 
  in 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   border, 
  the 
  lind)s 
  being 
  almost 
  the 
  last 
  part 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  summer 
  coat- 
  

   ing. 
  The 
  coloring 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  mule 
  deer 
  

   in 
  corresponding 
  pelage. 
  It 
  has 
  the 
  horseshoe 
  or 
  arrow 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  

   forehead, 
  and 
  other 
  dark 
  markings 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  to 
  correspond; 
  and 
  the 
  

   ears 
  are 
  relatively 
  almost 
  or 
  quite 
  as 
  large, 
  and 
  as 
  scantily 
  coated 
  with 
  

   hair. 
  The 
  bushy 
  hair 
  around 
  the 
  metatarsal 
  gland, 
  which 
  agrees 
  in 
  

   size 
  and 
  location 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  Dorcelaphus 
  columbianus, 
  is 
  sooty 
  at 
  base, 
  

   and 
  white 
  apically. 
  The 
  tail 
  is 
  colored 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  I). 
  coIumbianKs, 
  hut 
  

   has 
  a 
  longer 
  terminal 
  switch 
  ; 
  upper 
  side 
  and 
  extremity 
  of 
  tail 
  all 
  black, 
  

   lower 
  side 
  white 
  mesially, 
  and 
  naked 
  towards 
  the 
  base. 
  The 
  i^elage 
  of 
  

   this 
  deer 
  is 
  short 
  and 
  coarse 
  in 
  comparison 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  white-tailed 
  

   or 
  Virginia 
  deer, 
  or 
  the 
  black-tailed 
  deer 
  of 
  the 
  Columbia 
  Eiver 
  region 
  j 
  

  

  