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63. 2. 24. 41. Skin, female, mounted. Fort Colville, 

 British Columbia. Presented ly J. K. Lord, Esq., 1863. 



72. 12. 12. 3. Skin, mounted. Yellowstone Park. 



Purchased (Ward, Rochester, U.S.A.), 1872. 

 72. 12. 12. 4. Skin, mounted, female. Same locality. 



Same history. 



12. 5. 15. 1. Skin, in winter coat, mounted. La 

 Bochelle Creek, British Columbia. 



Presented by the Government of British Columbia, 1912. 



B. Odocoileus hemionus virgnltus. 



Cariacus virgultus, Hallock, Forest and Stream, vol. Hi, p. 404, 1899. 

 Odocoileus virgultus,* Miller and Rehn, Proc. Boston Nat. Hist. Soc. 



vol. xxxi, p. 69, 1903 ; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 390, 1912. 

 Odontocoelus hemionus virgultus, Elliot, Check- List Mamm. N. Amer. 



etc. (Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. vi) p. 49, 1905. 



Typical locality north-western Minnesota, whence the 

 range extends into the adjoining British territory. 



Distinguished from typical race by smaller antlers, and 

 uniform calibre of short tail ; general colour dark grey, with 

 long black and white hairs. 



No specimen in collection. 



C. Odoeoileus hemionus californicus. 



Cervus macrotis, var. californicus, Caton, Amer. Nat. vol. x, p. 464, 



1876, vol. xix, p. 811, 1885. 

 Mazama hemionus calif ornica, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 276, 



1898, Great and Small Game of Europe, etc. p. 350, 1901. 

 Odocoileus hemionus californicus, Seton-Thompson, Forest and 



Stream, vol. li, p. 286, 1898 ; Elliot, Synop. Mamm. N. Amer. 



(Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. ii) p. 43, 1901 ; Stone and Cram, 



American Animals, p. 41, 1912; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. 



p. 388, 1912. 

 Odontocoelus hemionus californicus, Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. and 



W. Indies (Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. iv), p. 77, 1904, Check-List 



Mamm. N. Amer. etc. (ibid. vol. vi) p. 49, 1905. 



Typical locality Gaviota Pass, Coast Eange, forty miles 

 from Santa Barbara, California. 



Ears smaller than in typical race ; tail with a dark dorsal 



* Misprinted virgultis in first quotation. 



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