and Horn ft 71 



noticed that these antlers possess only one pair of brow tines, in which it ap- 

 pears to he unique among the Wapiti of the world. 



While the Olympic Wapiti, of the Olympic Mountains, Washington, is 

 not entitled to the specific rank that once was accorded to it, it is highly desir- 

 ahle that that isolated group of Ccrriix ctiiiddcnxift should he represented in this 

 collection. 



The pair of Maral Deer antlers ( Plate XVI, Fig. 5), presented by Mr. 

 Kaegebelm are without a definite locality, hut their identity seems unmistak- 

 able. The Mule Deer antlers (Plate XVI. Fig. 1), from Montana, are of 

 good si/e and symmetry. The single horn of an American Bison is a very 

 large specimen with a melancholy history. It is from the bull which treach- 

 erously murdered Dick Rock, the well-known ranchman and wild-animal fan- 

 cier of Henry's Lake, Idaho. 



In addition to the interesting and valuable group of horns listed above, 

 Mr. Kaegebehn has presented a large series of old line engravings executed by 

 Johann Elias Ridinger, depicting European red deer, fallow deer and roedeer 

 in their haunts and in the chase. This may be regarded as the first contribu- 

 tion to a collection that must be formed as rapidly as possible to illustrate the 

 rise and progress of wild-animal painting and sculpture. 



The full list of Mr. Kaegebehn's gifts is as follows: 



ARIZONA WAPITI, (Cervus merriami). Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona. Antlers and skull. 

 (Plate XVI, Fig. 2.) 



OLYMPIC WAPITI, (Cervus canatlensis occidentalis). Olympic Mountains, Washington. Ant- 

 lers. (Plate XVI, Fig. 3.) 



MAHAL DEER, (Cervus elaphas moral). Caucasus Mountains. Antlers and skull. (Plate 

 XVI, Fig. 5.) 



DESERT MULE DEER, (Odocoileus hemionus eremicus). Tiburon Island. Antlers. (Plate 

 XVI, Fig. 4.) 



Mri.E DEER, (Odocoileus hemionus}. Montana. Antlers and skull. (Plate XVI, Fig. 1.) 



AMERICAN BISON, (Bos americanus). Idaho. Right horn. 



A collection of old copper prints of wild animals, by Johann Elias Ridinger. 1 large print, 25 

 display-size prints and fifty folio-size. Subjects, principally remarkable specimens of red 

 deer, fallow deer and roedeer. 



