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Antlers very large, with more than five tines, curving back- 

 wards, and much flattened in the upper half; bez-tine 

 present, fourth tine longer than all the others, and with the' 

 fifth, which is also long, forming a nearly symmetrical fork, 

 the fourth, fifth, and sixth tines being situated nearly in the 



Fig. 24. — Head of Wapiti (Ccrvios canadensis). 



same plane as the portion of the beam immediately below 

 them, so as more or less nearly to occlude one another when 

 viewed from the front ; brow-tine rising close to the burr, 

 and approximately equal in length to the bez ; crown 

 normally not cupped ; rump-patch very large ; throat-fringe 

 greatly developed ; tail very short ; ears about half the length 



