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but now only occasionally met with from Manitoba westward 

 to the Pacific coast, as far north as Lat. 57*, and also on 

 Vancouver and some of the adjacent islands. Being easily 

 approached it is becoming rapidly exterminated. 



The name " Wapiti " was applied to this species by Rich- 

 ardson, who was apparently under the erroneous impression 

 that the Indians knew it by this name. The Indian name 

 " Wapatik " belongs, however, to the Mountain Goat and not 

 to the Waskasew. Th(! former means " white deer" (buth the 

 mountain sheep and mountain goat being considered as deer) 

 and it would therefore only apply to the white Mountain Goat. 



Cariaods Yirginianus, Bodd. 

 Virginia Deer. 

 Wapai-oos. Western Cree. 



Wep-ai-oos. N. Man. Cree. 



South-western New Brunswick, central Quebec and On- 

 tario ; and as var. leuGurus Dougl. from the Plains of the 

 Saskatchewan westward to the Pacific coast and Vancouver 

 Island. 



-Cariacus MACROTis, Say. 



Mule Deer. Black-tailed Deer, 

 Kas-Jii-che-wai-oos (the Black-tail). N. Man, Cree. 

 Kwas-hwe-pai-hoos (the Jumper). N. Man. Cree. 

 Mu-ke-che-wai-oos., (the Black-tail). Saulteaux, 

 A-jpi-sl tno-soos, (the little Moose) Cree. Applied both 

 to this and to the preceding species. 

 Plains of the Saskatchewan and westward as far as the 

 ■Cascade range in British Columbia, 



Cariacus Columbianub, Rich. 

 Black-tailed Deer. 

 Cervus mciGrotis^ var. Cohirnhianus, Rich. 



Westward from the Rocky Mountains to the islands off the 

 •coast of British Columbia. 



