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range as from 1.500 to 1,8G8 meters (4,921 to 0,129 feet) in the zone 

 of alligator jnniper. The cattlemen to whom I showed the specimen 

 assured me that the species Avas recognized by them as different from 

 the whitetail or the mnle deer. 



In 1889 Dr. I). G. Elliot saw more black-tailed deer in the ]\fogol- 

 lon or San Francisco Mountains of western New Mexico, which from 

 his description I supposed to be the Crook deer. 



The Hualapai Indians were evidently acquainted with this deer, 

 although they have no special name for it. When shown a specimen 

 r.nd asked to name it, an Indian named Qua-su-la replied, "Akwa'ka. 

 ]\Iim sabe ! '' But the Hualapai call the mule deer "AkAva'ka.'" 



AMien shown the skin of the first specimen of Crook's deer, the 

 llopi said it was " Pe ash' Book tse ga." 



We saw none west of the San Luis range, and learned nothing of 

 its habits beyond the fact that it is agile and shy. 



ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS CANUS Merriam. 

 MEXICAN MULE DEER. 



Odocoileus liemionuH caiius Merriam. Proe. Wash. Acad. Sci.. III. ]). .")(;o, 



Nov. 29, 1901 (original description). 

 Odocoileus liemionus caniis, Miller and Kehn, I'roe. Bost. Nat. Hist., 



XXXI, No. .3, Aug. 27, 1903, p. 68 (Syst. Results Study N. Am. Mam. 



during 1901 and 1902). 

 [OdoittovaJHK hciiiioiiu><] c(iiiu'<. Elliot. Field Col. Mus.. ZoJil. Ser., IV, I't. 



1, 1904, p. 78 (Mam. Mid. Am.). 

 Cuervo (Cacalote) of the Mexicans. 

 Akwa'ka of the Hualapai Indians of northern Arizona. 

 Sho-tve'n'-Jiua: Cho-ice'-e hoolk-tsi-gd' : ,Schi(-ire'-ni(j-iciiJi of the Ilopi. 



Type-locality. — S'erra en Media, Chihiuihua, Mexico (Type. No. 

 99361, U.S.N.M.). 



Geo)'(jraphi(:<d range. — Inhabits southwest Texas, New i\Iexico, 

 Arizona, and northern Mexico, ra^nging from the Sonoran to the 

 Boreal zone in altitude. On the Boundary it was found from the 

 Sierra Blanca iNIountains, Texas, to the Hiuichuca Mountains. Ari- 

 zona. 



Description. — Smaller, paler, and grayer than in typical Odocoileus 

 licm'ionus from Dakota. It also differs considerably from the mule 

 deer of northern Arizona, which I tentatively include Avith it, espe- 

 cially in having a trace of a black line on the upper side of the tail, and 

 in having smaller antlers and larger hoofs. An immature male (No. 

 I^o U.S.N.M.), killed at White Water, Chihuahua, Mexico, June 

 21, 1892, is first described because coming from near the type locality 

 (Sierra en Media, in the State of Chihuahua ). This individual, which 

 was in faded Avinter coat, had horns — prol:)al)ly of the third yeai" — in 

 the velvet, 110 nun. in length, showing the l)asal snag. The anii'nal 

 was small, in rather poor flesh, and rather young but with mature 



