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has no hesitation in regarding them as local races of one and the same 

 species. 



As regards the cry uttered hy the old stags of the Thian Shan wapiti 

 in the pairing season, this was stated in Deer of All Lands to be in some 

 respects intermediate between that of its American representative and the 



Fig. 16. — Skull and Antlers of Thian Shan Wapiti. From the Kuldja District. 

 (EKvcs, Jtuni. Linn. Sor., 1899.) 



red deer. Subsequent' observations made from the specimens at Woburn 

 Abbey, as well as others recorded by Captain Elwes, have, however, shown 

 that the call is essentially of the same type as in the American wapiti, thus 

 confirming the intimate affinity between the two forms. On this subject 

 Captain Elwes writes as follows : — 



" Another point which should be taken into consideration in deciding 

 the specific relations of these deer is the peculiar call of the stags in the 



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