ro4 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



BLACK-TAILED DEER (Mazama columbiana). 



Nearly allied to the mule-deer, but of inferior size, with relatively 

 smaller ears and finer hair ; but specially characterised by the shorter 

 gland and tuft on the hind cannon-bone, and the larger and longer 

 tail, of which the upper surface is black and the lower white. 



Distribution. Western North America, from Fort George, British 

 Columbia, to California. 



Length 



on out- Circum- Tip to Widest D . T ,. 



side ference. Tip. inside. Pomts ' Locality. Owner, 



curve. 



2/| 6 15} 19^ 9 + 6 British Columbia . G. Wrey. 



-22 4j 1 22 ... Vancouver . . Clive Phillipps-Wolley. 



-2i 5 iSi 1 S S + 5 N.E.California . H. C. Nelson. 



-2oi 5 17 17 5 + 7 Do. .A. E. Leatham. 



-I9i Sf 21 5 + 5 ? Sir \V. Gordon dimming, 



Bart. 

 I9i 4^ 14 l6i 3 + 3 S. California . . Sir Victor Brooke's Collection. 



1 Outside. 



