Wapiti or Elk 39 



mm.); tail, 4^ inches (114 mm.); hind-foot, 25 inches (636 

 mm.); height at withers, 56 inches (1,423 mm.). 



The three-year-old bull, whose dimensions are given weight 

 above, weighed 550 pounds after bleeding; another three- 

 year-old, taken at the same time and place, weighed 531^ 

 pounds after bleeding. Judge Caton had a very large three- 

 year-old that weighed 650 pounds, (^oc. cit.) He thought" 600 

 pounds would exceed the average live weight of a full-grown 

 buck, although he believed that they sometimes reached 1,000 

 or 1,100 pounds. The bull measured by Hornaday, as above, 

 was 706 pounds, live weight. 



M. P. Dunham states^ that he weighed an Elk at a 

 little over 800 pounds after entrails were removed. This would 

 give a live weight of about 1,000 pounds.^ 



We may safely affirm, then, that an average bull Wapiti 

 at full growth stands nearly 5 feet at the withers, and weighs 

 about 700 pounds. 



The cow, whose dimensions are given above, weighed 

 490J pounds after bleeding. 



Hornaday found ^ that a new-born fawn or calf weighed 

 3oi pounds. 



The body colour of a young bull Wapiti killed in Jack- colour 

 son's Hole, Wyoming, September 10, is brownish gray, a 

 little darker along the spine, and becoming dark chestnut 

 or brown on head, neck, and legs, and reddish-brown or 

 sienna colour on breast and belly. The inside and lower 

 back part of ears, a patch around the eye, a spot on 

 each side of the lower lip, and a spot under the jaw, are 

 very pale brown or dull brownish white; the disk or rump 

 patch is very large, of a pale, buffy white, and continued 

 above the tail, which is of the same colour; bordering this 

 patch in front, on each ham, is a brownish-black stripe 



•Loc. cit., p. 82. 



* Recreation Magazine, April, 1896, p. 193. 



•The rule for Deer is: Add a quarter to the dressed weight to find the live weight. 



•American Natural History, 1904, p. 122. 



