THE SKLOUS COLLECTION. lOl 



Alces alces gigas, Ly.lekker, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. iv. 

 p. 237, fig-. 39, 1915. 



Larger and darker in colour than Alces alces americanus. 

 Good horns measure from 60 to 75 inches in width ; in the record 

 head the Avidth is as great as 78| inches. 



Horn measurements (No. 19. 7. lo. i78) :— length to longest 

 tine 40 ; greatest Avidth across horns 67 ; circumference 8| ; pahn- 

 width 20; spread from tip to tip 43. Points 17 + 21. This 

 specimen measured 6 feet 11 inches at the shoulder. 



T^-^pical locality, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 



502 —19. 7. 15.477. 8 September, 1904. North Furk of MacmiUan 



River, Yukon Territory. 



503 —19.7.15.478. 18 September, 1904. North Fork of Mac- 



miUan River, Yukon Territory. 



504 —19.7.15.479. 7 September, 1906. Mountains betwenn 



Forks of Macmillan River, Yukon Territory. 



505 —19.7.15.480. 15 September, 1906. South Fork of Macmillan 



River, Yukon Territory. 



REINDEEK. 



liANarFER TAKANDUS TAKANBUS. 



Verims tarandvs, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i. p. 67, 1758 ; ed. 12, vol. i. 



p. 93, 1766. 

 Rangifer tarcuuhis typicun, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 38, 1898. 

 Bangifer tarandus tarandus, Lydekker, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. Mus. 



vol. iv. p. 241, 1915. 



The smaller and more slender, subcylindrical antlers at once 

 distinguish the Iveindeer from the Newfoundland and Yukon 

 Caribou. 



The best horns in the series are those of No. 19. 7. lo. 496, 

 which have the following measurements: — length on outside 

 curve 51 ; spread from tip to tip 31 ; greatest width inside 42 ; 

 circumference 5|. Points 6 + 12. 



Typical locality, Swedish Lapland. Formerly found over a 

 large area of the Scandinavian Peninsula ; in the wild state it now 

 only exists in certain localities in Norway. 



506-510 —19.7.15.495-499. 1907. Near Lysehcien, Norway. 



