MAMMALS OF THE MEXICAN BOL' NDARY. 213 



tion and much larger ears point to intcrgradation with Odoroileus 

 Jiemionu!^ crerniriis. 



The characters of the skull are shown in li<>'. 27 and of the teeth 

 in fio;. 30. 



Measurements. — The only specimen measured fresh (Xo. GOOOG. 

 U.S.N.M., described above), presented the following dimensions: 

 Total length in a straight line, 1,325 mm.; tail vertebra% 200*; tail 

 to end of switch, 300; ear from crown, 223; ear from notch, 192; 

 width of ear, 123 ; distance between eyes, 108 ; diameter of eye, 22 ; 

 distance from tip of nose to angle of mouth, 78; nose to e3-e. 111:; to 

 center of pupil, IGO; to base of ear, 233; to tip of ear, 4G5; distance 

 from shoulder to hip along side, 630; height at shoulder, G30; 

 height at hip, 9G5; fore limb from olecranon, 557; length of manus, 

 312; hind limb from knee joint, 665; length of pes, 135. 



Genus CERVUS Linneeus (17S8). 

 Crrnifi Linn.eus, S.^st. Nat., lOtli ed., I, 17r)S. p. (>(!. 

 Type. — Cervus elaphiis Linnaeus, 



Charaetei's. — Size, large ; skull as in the axine group ; without 

 ridges on frontals; supporting large antlers (only in the male"^ on 

 osseous pedicels; antlers with the beam rounded, splitting up near 

 the summit into a larger or smaller number of snags, often arranged 

 in a cup-like manner, and with a brow tine always present. 



CERVUS MERRIAMI Nelson. 

 MERRIAM ELK. 



Cervus merriami Nelson, Bull. Am. JNItis. Nat. Hist., N. Y. XVI, .Tan.. 1902, 

 pp. 1 to 12, flg.s. 1 to 7 (original description). — Mu-lek and Rehn, Proc. 

 Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, XXXI, No. 3, Aug. 27, 1003, p. GO, (Syst. 

 Results Study N. Am. Mam. during the years 1001 and 1002). 



Type-locality. — Head of Black River, White Mountains, xVpache 

 County, Arizona. Altitude, about 9,000 feet. 



Geographical range. — Upper Transition and Boreal zones in sum- 

 mer, descending to the Lower Transition and Upper Austral zones in 

 winter, in the mountains of western New Mexico and eastern Ari- 

 zona, probably crossing to the high mountains of northeastern 

 Sonora, Mexico. 



Description. — The following essential data are taken from Mr. 

 Nelson's original description, tabulated comparative measurements 

 of the skull, teeth, and horns, as well as other portions of the descrip- 

 tion and comparisons, being omitted : 



''Tiipe, No. 111639, ad., U. S. National Museum, collected Au- 

 gust, 1886, at head of Black River, White Mountains, Arizona, by 

 E. W. Nelson. 



