THE SELOrS COLLECTION. 07 



curve 32; circumference (between bez and trez tines) 4^; widest 

 spread inside 2.S ; spread from tip to tip 23|. Points 5 + 4. 

 Typical locality, Glenquoich Forest, Inverness. 



475-476 -19.7.15.450-451. 14 October. 1898. Ben Alder Forest, 



near Dalwhinnie, Scotland. 

 477-480 -19. 7. 15. 452-455. Monar Forest, Scotlaml. 



EASTEHX KKD DEEE, oe MARAL. 

 Cektus elaphus maeal. 



Cervns maral, Ogilby, Eep. Council Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 22. 

 Cervns elaijhus maral, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 75, 1898 ; Great 

 and Small Game of Europe, etc., p. 217, 1901. 



Size considerably larger tban in the Red Deer, shoulder-height 

 about 54 inches. Antlers larger, record length 48;^ inches. Gen- 

 eral colour reddish brown in summer, turning dark grey in winter, 

 the shoulders, thighs, and l)elly becoming blackish brown. 



Horn measurements : — length on outside curve 39f ; circum- 

 ference (between bez and trez tines) 5f ; widest spread inside 36 J ; 

 spread from tip to tip 33. Points 8 f 7. 



Typical locality, Caspian provinces of Persia ; range from 

 Caucasus through Gralicia to Persia and Asia Minor. 



481 —19. 7. 15. 45(). 18 October, 1894. Ak Dagh, Asia Minor. 



WAPITI. 



Ceevus canadensis canadensis. 



Cervus canadensis tyjncns, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 9G, 1898. 

 Cervns canadensis canadensis, Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 385, 

 1912, 



Size very large, shoulder-height reaching 64 inches. Antlers 

 distinguished from those of elaphns hj their great size and with 

 the upper half flattened ; fourth and fifth tines very long, forming 

 an almost sjonmetrical fork. Fine horns measure from 56 to 66 

 inches in length, with an outside width of from 50 to 60 inches. 



Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7- 15. 458) : — length on out- 



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