Siberian Wapiti 



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he is no longer justified in identifying SevertzofF's songaricus with asiaticus 

 [sihiriciis) . 



In a pair of antlers of the present form bought by Captain Elwes at 

 Barnaoul, the figure of which is here reproduced, the trez-tine is absent, 

 and the same is the case with a pair brought from the Gulf of Obi, 



Fig. 18. — A Pair of Antlers from the Northern (r) Altai. Provisionally assigned to the 

 Siberian Wapiti. (Elwes, op. cit.) 



Siberia, mentioned on page 987 of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of 

 London for i 899. 



This form inhabits the Northern Altai, and probably the Yenisei valley 

 and Transbaikalia. Exact information as to its range and characteristics is, 

 however, much wanted. It should be added that if the Thian Shan form 

 is not really separable, then the name asiaticus should stand instead of 

 songaricus., as in Deer of All Lands. 



