Cogswell 1949 Odocoileus hemionus 1. Apr. 10 - Jawbone Ridge, 3500' - 4000', Tuolumne Co., Calif. Watched a doe get inspected, blood-sampled, weighed, tagged & ear-clipped by T. Diney & associates on here Today. Their work, to be published eventually, I suppose, obviates detailed notes unnecessary. on the open grassland of the lava area near top of ridge, Diney counted 105+ deer - of which I saw about 90. "Fawns" are now approaching 2/3 the size of adults & separating distinguishing them at a distance is difficult. Pelage of these deer is still grayish in appearance, tho the molt is in progress we are told. A wide- spreed condition of brittleness of the hair makes a lot of the sides & hip region light gray, due to wearing off of the longer hair. Such patchy coats are supposedly indicative of poor health - as the over-browzed range here certainly is - but the real cause thereof is unknown.