MULE-DEER 



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coloured like the leg ; the latter of these elongated and situated in 

 the upper half of the cannon-bone. General colour of upper parts 

 reddish tawny in summer, brownish or rufous speckled grey in winter, 

 with a brown horse-shoe mark on the forehead. Height at the 



Abnormal head of Mule-Deer from British Columbia, in the possession of 

 Mr. T- Turner-Turner. 



shoulder, 3 feet 3 or 4 inches in the typical form, 

 ceptional), 17 stone 2 Ibs. (F. C. Selous). 



Weight (ex- 



Distributioii. The greater part of North America westward of the 

 Missouri, extending from British Columbia to California. There 

 are several local races, among which the South Californian 

 (M. Jietnionus peninsula) is one of the smallest. 



