58 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



SIBERIAN WAPITI (Cervus canadensis asiaticus). 



Imperfectly known, but said to differ from the last by the form 

 of the antlers (which have frequently more tines), as well as by its 

 inferior stature and lighter winter coat. It inhabits the Northern 

 Altai and Siberia. 



MANCHURIAN WAPITI (Cervus canadensis xanthopygus). 



Antlers of a shorter and stouter type than in the Thian-Shan 

 wapiti, with the fourth tine relatively smaller in immature specimens, 

 and the portion above it less developed at all ages. In the 5-tined 

 antlers of sub-adult stags the tips of the fourth and fifth tines curve 

 towards one another like crabs' claws. General colour in winter 

 brownish gray, in summer reddish brown, with the dark winter mane 

 and under-parts of other wapiti. 



Distribution. Northern Manchuria and Amurland. 



Length 



ouSide faS ^ iSdt Spd. P ts - Local "y- Owner, 



curve. 



33i 5f *8i 21^ ... 6 + 6 ? H. J. Elwes. 



3 2 i 5i 26^ 26| 295 7 + 6 ? Do. 



31$ 6 17 25^ 29 8 + 7 ? Duke of Bedford. 



31^ 5 23^ 24 26 6 + 6 ? Do. 



31 4| 26 25! 30^ 6 + 5 ? Do. 



BACTRIAN WAPITI (Cervus canadensis bactrianus). 



Named on the evidence of a specimen recently living in the 

 Zoological Gardens at Moscow, which was at first regarded as related 

 to the shou, although its wapiti affinities were subsequently revealed 

 by specimens from Tchenkend, the head of one of which is now 

 mounted in the British Museum. 



Distribution. Tchenkend and adjacent districts. The antlers of 

 the British Museum specimen are somewhat malformed, and have 

 therefore not been measured. 



Length 



ouSde SSI ^ ISe! S P read " Points ' Localit >'' Owner " 



curve. 



40 6 26 \ ... ... 6 + 4 Turkestan . . Duke of Bedford. 



