THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 99 



KANSAS WHITE-TAILED DEER. 

 Odocoiletjs viKaiisriANiTs MACROxrErs. 



Cervus* macrourus, Eafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag. vol. i. p. 436, 1817. 

 Odocoileus americanu's macrowus, Miller and Eehn, Proo. Boston Soc. 



Nat. Hist. vol. xxx. p. 14, 1901. 

 Odocoileus virgmianus macrourus, Stone and Cram, American Animals, 



p. 39, 1903. 



Smaller than horealis. and the typical race ; no black on face 

 or tail. Antlers rather small. 



Horn measurements : — length on outside curve 19| ; greatest 

 width inside 15 ; spread from tip to tip 12. Points, 5 + 5. 



Typical locality, Plains of Kansas Valley, Upper Mississippi. 

 The range is said to include Nebraska, Kansas, and the Dakotas. 



492 —19. 7. 15. 467. 4 November, 1897. South Fork of Stinking 

 Water Biver, Wyoming. 



MULE-DEER. 



Odocoileus hemionus hemiontts. 



Cervus fcemioTOUs, Eafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag. vol. i. p. 436, 1817. 

 Cervus macrotis montanus, Caton, Antelope and Deer of America, ed. 2, 



p. 94, 1881. 

 Mazama hemionus typica, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 275, 1898. 

 OdocoilevyS hemionus hemionus, MiUer, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 388, 



1912. 



Distinguished'from the White-tailed Deer by its rather heavier 

 build, krge ears, and shorter tail, the basal portion of the under- 

 side of which is naked. Horns fairly large, directed outwards and 

 then upwards, dividing to form a symmetrical fork, the branches 

 of which divide again about 6 inches above the first fork. 



Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 471) :— length on out- 

 side curve 25 ; greatest width inside 23J ; spread from tip to tip 

 19. Points 5-1-5. 



Typical locality, Sioux Valley, South Dakota. In the Museum 

 Collection there are specimens of this race from Montana and 

 British Columbia. 



* Misprinted Gorvus. 



