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A NE^\■ ELK FROM CALIFORNIA, CERVUS NANNODES, 



BY C. HART MERRIAM. 



During the early days in California, elk were abundant in 

 most parts of the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys, particu- 

 larly in and aliout the tule sloughs bordering the Sacramento, 

 San Joaquin, Kings, Kern and other rivers, and Tulare, Buena 

 Vista and Kern lakes. Tlie encroachments of civilization have 

 resulted in the gradual extermination of this elk over the greater 

 part of its former range, until in recent years it has become re- 

 stricted to a small area between Tulare and Buena Vista lakes, 



5— Fkoc. Bioi.. Soc. Wash., Vol. XVIII, 1905. (23) 



