\i Game of Europe, W. & N. Asia & America 



together with notices of races recognised subsequently to the 

 publication of the two earlier volumes, will be found in the 

 two last of the series. 



The whole five volumes afTord to the Sportsman all the 

 information he requires with regard to the Game Mammals of 

 THE World. 



The author is again indebted to several kind friends 

 for permission to reproduce many of the photographs of 

 animals with which the present volume is illustrated. Fore- 

 most among them is the Duchess of Bedford, who has contri- 

 buted many interesting photographs. Thanks are also due in 

 this respect to Prince Henry of Liechtenstein for permission 

 to reproduce photographs of Caspian red deer antlers ; to Vis- 

 count Powerscourt for those of abnormal red deer antlers ; and 

 to Dr. von Lorenz-Liburnau and the Director of the Museum 

 of Bosnia-Herzegovina for those of the heads of wild goats 

 from the iEgean Archipelago. To Captain J. H. Elwes and 

 the Council of the Linnaean Society of London the author is 

 indebted for the figures of Asiatic wapiti antlers from the 

 Journal of that Society ; as he is to the New York Zoological 

 Society for the photograph of a group of American wapiti. 

 Messrs. Phelps and Church have kindly afforded the oppor- 

 tunity of figuring some of the magnificent heads of Asiatic 

 wapiti obtained during their recent expedition ; while Mr. 

 F. C. Selous has permitted a magnificent reindeer head killed 



