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Fig. 10.— Tail of Odocoileus couesi. 

 (Cat. No. 20574, U.S.N.M.) a, UN- 

 DER surface; &, UPPER SURFACE. 



the tails are worn, the dark brown color of the bases of the hairs is 

 exposed; and near the tip this dark color is almost always seen. The 



feet present a grizzled mixture of fawn- 

 color, drab, and white, which is whollj^ 

 different from their coloring in summer. 

 The hoofs are usually black, sometimes 

 horn-color at their points ; but one speci- 

 men has the front hoofs horn-color 

 throughout. The metatarsal gland (fig. 

 11) is small. The head lacks the blackish 

 horseshoe mark which the face of the 

 mule deer exhibits, its color being similar 

 to that of the back. There are white or 

 grayish-white areas occupying the chin, 

 throat, lips, end of muzzle, space around 

 orbits, and at base and inside of ears. 

 The eyelashes and edge of lids are black, 

 and there are black spots behind and at 

 each side of the naked muffle, and at each 

 side of the lower jaw. The ears are gray 

 on convex surface, white on the inside, 

 the white extending a short distance 

 around on the outer surface at base pos- 

 teriorly ; they are without black edges or tips. There is considerable 

 variation in the coloring of different individuals in 

 winter. Some have rusty yellowish markings about 

 the forehead, horns, and below and in front of the 

 eyes. An old male (No. 58862, U.S.N.M.), with 

 mature horns, killed in the Santa Catalina Moun- 

 tains, November 18, 1893, lacks reddish colors on 

 the head, Avhich has just received the winter coating, 

 all of the hairs being acutely pointed, and most of 

 them having white tips, which produces a peculiar 

 effect of hoariness. From the color of the hair be- 

 neath it is evident, however, that a little wear would 

 remove this and restore the usual coloring. This is 

 seen to be the case in an old female (No. 59229, 

 U.S.N.M) killed at Pozo de Luis, Sonora, Januarv 2, 

 1894. ^ 



A pregnant female (No. 20349, U.S.N.M.). killed 

 June 3, 1892, in the San Luis Mountains, is in full 

 summer coat. Above brownish fawn-color, slightly 

 dusky in the vertebral area, deepening to cinnamon 

 on the chest, sides, and upper surface of tail. Feet, fawn-color 

 anteriorly and externally, paler within and posteriorly. Abdomen, 



Fig. 11. — Odocoileus 

 COUESI. Metatar- 

 sal GLAND. (Cat. 

 ■No.59229, U.S.N.M.) 



