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length 1430 (56.30); tail vertebrEe 180 (7.10); hind foot 430 

 (17) ; ear from crown 218 (8.60) ; girth 390 (35). 

 Type locality, northwestern Sonora, Mexico. 



Tail ot Burro Deer. 



Burro Deer are seldom seei; in the moimtains, but are found 

 along their base, and in comparatively level land, even in the 

 mesquit timber of the Colorado Valley, where they feed on wil- 

 low twigs along the sloughs. I saw also where these Deer had 

 eaten the wild gourds ("mock oranges"). They are not found 

 many miles from' water, as in warm weather they visit ponds or 

 streams nightly to drink, and in cooler weather every second 

 or third night. They are found in small parties, sometimes 

 singly, a dozen being a large band as far as my observations go. 

 The antlers are commonly very regularly double-forked. 



Odocoileus hemionus californicus Cavon. 



» CALIFORNIA MULE DEER. 



Similar to hemionus; considerably smaller; color more 

 tawny; tail rather longer proportionally and usually with a dis- 

 tinct brownish or blackish stripe on the upper side from the rump 

 to the black terminal switch, which often has a light brown or 



