ROCKY MOUNTAIN WAPITI 51 



originally described by the late Colonel Przewalski under the name 

 given above. Subsequently two examples were obtained by Dr. W. G. 

 Thorold, to the north-east of Lhasa, at an elevation of between 13,000 

 and 14,000 feet, which, under the impression that they indicated a 

 new species, were named C. thoroldi by Mr. W. T. Blanford. 



Length 



3^2 4 37 27 5 + 4 Central Tibet . . Hon. W T alter Rothschild. 



38 5i ... ... 5 + 5 Do.. . . British Museum. 



-36 4i 32 32 5 + 5 ? l Indian Museum. 



1 Bought at Darjiling, thither brought by Tibetans. 



EOCKY MOUNTAIN WAPITI (Cervus canadensis). 



Wapiti are very large deer of the red deer group, easy of recogni- 

 tion by the form of their antlers, which are of great size, carrying, when 

 fully developed, more than five tines, curving backwards, and being 

 much flattened in the upper half. They always have the bez-tine 

 developed, but their most characteristic feature is the great size of the 

 fourth tine, which is larger than either of the others, and with the fifth, 

 which is also long, forms a nearly regular fork ; the fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth tines being situated almost in the plane of the portion of the 

 beam immediately below them, so that they more or less completely 

 hide one another when viewed from the front aspect. The brow-tine 

 rises close to the burr, and is nearly as long as the bez. The tail is 

 extremely short ; the light rump-patch is very large and includes the 

 tail ; the neck and under-parts are blackish ; and the general colour of 

 the summer coat is yellowish brown on the upper-parts. 



Wapiti (known in America as Elk) range from North America to 

 North-Eastern and Central Asia ; the typical form being the Rocky 

 Mountain wapiti (C. canadensis typicus}. The height at the shoulder 

 is about 5 feet 4 inches, and the weight from 700 to 1000 Ibs. 



Length Ircun 

 ne ' trez. 



1 -7oJ ... 14! 68 6 + 6 Olympic Mts., W. F. Sheard. 



above burr. Washington 



-66 ... ... 60 6 + 6 Wyoming . J. Darley. 



1 Other antler, 70 in. Photograph and owner's measurements of this particular trophy can be seen at Piccadilly. 



