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A pale desert-race of the species, the generaV colour 

 being pale drab-grey, with a darker dorsal stripe, which 

 forms a blackish spot at the base of the tail, with a slight 

 extension along the upper surface of the same. 



No specimen in collection. 



F.— Odocoileus hemionus peninsulae. 



Mazama hemionus peninsulae, Lydckher, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 900, 

 Deer of All Lands, p. 276, 1898, Great and Small Game of 

 Europe, etc. p. 359, 1901 ; Wa7-d, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, 

 p. 107, 1910, ed. 7, p. 104, 1914. 



Odocoileus hemionus peninsulae, Miller and Behn, Proc. Boston Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. vol. XXX, p. 16, 1901 ; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. 

 p. 358, 1912. 



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

 W. Indies (Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. iv), p. 78, 1904, Checlc- 

 List Mamm. N. Amer. etc. {ibid. vol. vi) p. 50, 1905. 



Typical locality Sierra Laguna, La Paz, Lower California. 



Smaller than and more brightly coloured than 0. h. 

 calif ornicus, with the antlers in the form of simple spikes and 

 a basal snag ; general colour in winter dark speckled iron- 

 grey, with an irregular black band along middle of back, 

 expanding towards hind-quarters, and continued on to 

 upper surface of the tail, where it may be connected by a 

 narrow line with the black tip, or separated by a broad ring 

 of pale straw-coloured hair; legs bright chestnut, and a 

 patch of same colour on jBanks, separating the dark speckled 

 grey of the back from the uniform blackish brown of the 

 under-parts. 



98. 3. 1. 171. Skin, immature. Sierra Laguna, La Paz ; 

 collected by Mr. D. Coolidge. Tj'pe. Purchased, 1898. 



98. 3. 1. 172. A similar specimen. Same locality and 

 collector. Same history. 



G.— Odocoileus hemionus canus. 



Odocoileus hemionus canus, Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. 

 vol. iii, p. 560, 1901 ; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 388, 1912. 



Odontoccelus hemionus canus, Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. and 

 W. Indies [Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. iv), p. 78, 1904, Clieclc- 

 List Mamm, N. Amer. etc. {op. cit. vol. vi) p. 50, 1905. 



Typical locality Sierra en Media, State of Chihuahua, 

 Mexico. 



