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b. Metatarsal gland generally wanting. 



b'. Colour chestnut-brown, tail brown 0. v. toltecus and 



O. v. acapulcensis. 



c'. Colour buffish grey, coat coarse, ears hairy 0. v. lasiotis. 

 d'. Colour yellowish brown, coat fine, ears 



sparsely haired, size larger 0. v. gymnotis and 



0. v. columbicus. 

 c'. Generally similar to last, but colour 



speckled grey and size smaller 0. v. margaritae. 



f. Also nearly allied, but colour dark greyish 

 brown, and tarsal tuft rufous instead of 

 like the leg 0. v. peruvianus. 



D. Antlers inclined backwards in plane of face, 



with the tips curving inwards and forwards 

 and a similarly directed spur from inner side 

 of each burr ; colour bright fulvous O.v. tlwmasi. 



E. Antlers small subcylindrical spikes. 



a. Size smaller, colour brownish grey, darker 



on head and dorsal line, tail fulvous 0. v. nelsoni. 



b. Size larger, colour yellowish grey-brown, tail 



bright rufous 0. v. sinaloce. 



A. Odocoileus virginianus virginianus. 



Mazama americana typica, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 252, 1898 ; 



Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6. p. 103, 1910. 

 Odocoileus americanus americanus, Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. 



p. 386, 1912. 



Typical locality Virginia. 



Size large, the height at the shoulder reaching to about 

 3 feet 1 inch ; antlers lanje ; general colour in summer bright 

 rufous chestnut, with black markings on face and tail; in 

 winter speckled yellowish grey ; a transverse black band on 

 the chin ; tail chestnut or grey above, white beneath, with 

 more or less black at the tip on the upper surface ; meta- 

 tarsal gland well developed, and situated low down on the 

 shank ; tarsal tuft large and mingled black and white. 

 Fine antlers attain a length of from 23 to 29 inches. 



The range extends through eastern North America from 

 the southern United States northward of Florida and 

 Louisiana. 



The reference of some of the following specimens 

 especially in cases where the place of origin is unknown 

 to this race is provisional. 



47. 12. 28. 25. Skin, mounted. North America. 



r.'roJiased (Bartlett), 1847. 



