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BULLETIN 56, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Eemarks.— This deer was apparently first discovered by Gen. George 

 Crook, although I have seen no published reference to it. On Decem- 

 ber 5, 1884, Mr. Charles H. Allabach, a member of a hunting party 

 conducted by General Crook, shot a 2-year-old buck — the one above 

 described — near the base of Bill Williams Mountain, Arizona. The 

 GSneral, who was familiar with practically all of the species of deer 

 of the United States and northern Mexico, at once noticed its dis- 

 similarity from the mule deer, the whitetail, and the blacktail of 

 Columbia River. He caused the head, legs, and skin of body to be 

 collected and delivered to me at Fort Verde, Arizona, together with 



a message calling my attention 

 to the large, clumsy ears, white 

 buttocks, flattened tail, and other 

 characters of the specimen. The 

 following letters were subse- 

 quently received: 



Whipple Barracks, 



Decern Jjcr 23. ISSJ/. 

 DocTOB Mearns : 



Dear Sir : This is the pelt of which 

 General Crook telegraphed to you, but 

 in a rather dilapidated condition. 

 You will have to do some crazy-patch 

 work if you desire- to mount it. The 

 antler was broken off and lost by the 

 packers, but was facsimile of the 

 other. It was killed near the base of 

 Bill Williams Mountain on the 5tb of 

 December, 1884. 



Yours, truly, 



Chas. H. Allabach. 



Fig. 20.— Odocoileus crooki. Teeth of type 



(CiLt. No. 35762,U.S.N.M.) a, Profile of eight 



UPPER MOLAR SERIES; b, CROWNS OF SAME; C, 

 PROFILE OK RIGHT LOWER MOLAB SERIES; d, 

 CROWNS OF SAME; e, INCISOR-CANINE SERIES, 

 FRONT VIEW. 



Prbscott, Januarii 15, 1885. 

 My Dear Doctor : The specimen 

 sent you by Allabach is different from 

 any I have seen in this country. 

 It is larger, the upper side of the tail 

 Is of a different color, and it is in- 

 clined to be white on the buttocks around the tail. The black-tailed deer of 

 California differs more widely from the mule deer than does the white-tailed 

 deer. The only good description I have ever seen of it is in Judge Caton's book 

 I would like a pair of the crossbills. 



Yours, sincerely, ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ 



I immediately wrote a description of the new species, but the manu- 

 script was withheld from publication awaiting a more satisfactory 

 type-specimen, which M'as not obtained until June 9, 1892, when I 

 had the satisfaction of seeing several of these deer alive and of killing 

 the type on Emory Peak of the Dog Mountains, where I noted its 



