54 CALIFORNIA MAMMALS. 



the mountains in summei , even to timber line on Mount Shasta ; 

 returning" in autumn. Belding noticed a similar migration of 

 Deer in the central Sierra Nevada. 



T'ownsend says that the new growth of antlers begins early 

 in April and is completed in July. The antlers drop in January. 

 The rutting season is about November, and the fawns are drop- 

 ped in May and June. Twins are the rule. The fawns are 

 bright bay spotted more or less regularly with white. In that part 

 of California north of San Francisco and west of the Sierra 

 Nevada only Black-tailed Deer occur. 



Odocoileus columbianus scaphiotus Ms^rriam. (Boat — 



ear.) 



SOUTHERN BLACK-TAILED DEER. 



Similar to columbianus but ears larger and much broader ; 

 colors paler; teeth larger and heavier. 



Length of type specimen (a male) 1465 mm. (58 inches) ; 

 tail vertebrae 135 (5.30) ; hind foot 452 ( 17.75) ; S'^r ^7^ (/) > 

 breadth of ear 106 (4.15). 



Type locality, Laguna Ranch, Gavilan Mountains, San Benito 

 County, California. 



The range of this subspecies is the coast region south of 

 San Francisco Bay so far as is known at present. The southern 

 limit is not known. 



