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Fig. 109. California mule deer doe heavily infested with wood ticks. The 

 rough spots in the pelage on the side of this deer indicates one or more wood ticks 

 at the base of each spot. Yosemite, January 29, 1929. J. S. Dixon No. 29. 



Fig. 110. Mule deer buck trying to reach a wood tick on his back near the 

 base of his tail. "Wood ticks choose places difficult or impossible for deer to reach 

 so that the deer often have to bite ticks on each other (see Fig. 97). Yosemite, 

 July 18, 1927. Mus. Vert. Zool. No. 5704a. 



