. Mammals of the Mexican boundary of the United States : a descriptive catalogue of the species of mammals occurring in that region; with a general summary of the natural history, and a list of trees . Mammals; Mammals; Trees; Trees; Natural history; Natural history. MAMMALS OF THE MEXICAN BOUNDAHY. 211. Fig. 27.—OxjocoiLEus hemionus californicus. Skull OF YOUNG MALE. (Cat. No. 60906, ) ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS CALIFORNICUS (Caton). CALIFORNIA HUIE SEER. .CerviiK macrotis var. californicus Caton, Amer. Nat., X, Aug. 1876, p. 464. Odocuileus hemionus californicus, Thompson, Forest and Stream
. Mammals of the Mexican boundary of the United States : a descriptive catalogue of the species of mammals occurring in that region; with a general summary of the natural history, and a list of trees . Mammals; Mammals; Trees; Trees; Natural history; Natural history. MAMMALS OF THE MEXICAN BOUNDAHY. 211. Fig. 27.—OxjocoiLEus hemionus californicus. Skull OF YOUNG MALE. (Cat. No. 60906, ) ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS CALIFORNICUS (Caton). CALIFORNIA HUIE SEER. .CerviiK macrotis var. californicus Caton, Amer. Nat., X, Aug. 1876, p. 464. Odocuileus hemionus californicus, Thompson, Forest and Stream, LI, Oct 8, 1898, p. 286.—Miller and Rehn, Proc. Best. Soc. Nat. Hist, XXX, No. 1, 1901, p. 16 (Syst Results Study N. Am. Maui, to close of 1900). [Odocoileus hemionusl californicus, Elliot, Field Col. Mus., Zool. Ser., II, 1901, p. 43 (Synop. Mam. N. Am.). [Odontoccelus hemionus] californicus Elliot, Field Col. Mus., Zool. Ser., IV. Pt 1, 1904, p. 77 (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, appears 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 (No. 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- tered tufts of hair on the neck, back, and sides. General color of upper parts 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- z
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