No. 414.] THE LOUISIANA DEER. 453 
106 (95); greatest breadth of nasals, 19 (21.5); length of 
premaxillary, 81 (86); greatest palatal breadth between upper 
molar rows, 45.3 (55); extreme length of lower molar row, 
84 (82). 
Antlers: The antlers of the Louisiana deer are heavy, and 
equal in size those of the northern Virginia deer, but as com- 
pared with them they arise from the head at a sharper angle 
Fic. 3. — Skull of Odocælus virginianus louisiana, 3. type No. 9111, Coll. E. A. 
and O. Bangs, Mus. Comp. 
and bend strongly inward, so that, although the length of beam 
is practically the same in the type specimens of O. /ouisiane 
and O. borealis, the antlers of the former are higher and at the 
same time 80 mm. less in width across the beams than those of 
the latter. In these high, narrow antlers there lies another 
point of resemblance between the Louisiana deer and the little 
Florida deer, The antlers of the type specimen of O. /ouisiane 
measure 566 mm. from the burr to the tip of the beam, following 
