. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 27.—Odocoilei's hemionus californicus. Skull OF YOUNG MALE. (Cat. No. 60906, ) ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS CALIFORNICUS (Caton). CALIFORNIA MULE DEER. Cervus macrotis var. californicus Caton, Amer. Nat., X, Aug. 1876, p. 464. Odocoileus hemionus californicus, Thompson, Forest and Stream, LI, Oct. 8, 1898, p. 286.—Miller and Rehn, Proc. Bost. Soe. Nat. Hist, XXX, Xo. 1, 1901, i>. 16 (Syst. Results Study X. Am. Mam. to close of 1900). [Odocoileus hemionus] californicus, Elliot, Field Col. Mus., Zool. Ser., II, 1901, p. -t:i 1 Synop. .M
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 27.—Odocoilei's hemionus californicus. Skull OF YOUNG MALE. (Cat. No. 60906, ) ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS CALIFORNICUS (Caton). CALIFORNIA MULE DEER. Cervus macrotis var. californicus Caton, Amer. Nat., X, Aug. 1876, p. 464. Odocoileus hemionus californicus, Thompson, Forest and Stream, LI, Oct. 8, 1898, p. 286.—Miller and Rehn, Proc. Bost. Soe. Nat. Hist, XXX, Xo. 1, 1901, i>. 16 (Syst. Results Study X. Am. Mam. to close of 1900). [Odocoileus hemionus] californicus, Elliot, Field Col. Mus., Zool. Ser., II, 1901, p. -t:i 1 Synop. .Main. X. Am. ). [Odontocwlus hemionus] californicus Elliot, Field Col. Zool. IV. Pt. 1. 1904, ]>. 77 1 Mam. Mid. Am.). Type-locality.—Near Gaviota Pass, 40 miles from Santa Barbara, California. Geographical range.—Sonoran and Transition zones of the Pacific Coast Tract. California and Lower California. Description.—A large deer. which, at first sight, appeals to be very distinct from other members of the group: but specimens in the U. S. Na- tional Museum show inter- mediate characters suggesting intergradation with the forms living to the eastward. A male ( Xo. 60906, ) killed May 28, 1894, near the summit of the Coast Range Mountains, at Monument 231, by Jeremiah E. Crabb, blacksmith, was in nearly complete summer pelage, only retaining the grayish winter hair on the hinder part of the rump, bordering on the white of the buttocks, and scat- ui tered tufts of hair on the neck, back, and sides. General colorof upperparts vinaceous cinnamon, becoming more yellowish on the limbs, and darker on the back from the presence of black tips to the hairs. The head is fawn color on sides, gray on base of ears and on muz- zle anterior to the eyes. The edges of the lips, end of chin, and middle of throat are white. The end of the muz- zle, around the naked muzzle and nos- trils, is black": and there are three black spots on the iinderjaw. one 011 each si
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