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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



BLACK-TAILED DEEB (Mazama Columbiana). 



Nearly allied to the mule-deer, but of inferior size, with relatively 

 smaller ears and finer hair ; but specially characterised by the shorter 

 gland and tuft on the hind cannon-bone, and the larger amount of 

 black on the tail, of which only the' basal third of the lower surface 

 is white. 

 Distribution. — Western North America, from British Columbia ' to 



California. 



