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neck, the low position and large size of the gland-tuft on the hind 

 cannon-bone, and the shortness of the tail, which is included in the 

 very large straw-coloured area of the buttocks. The general colour of 

 the coat is uniformly dark brown, with the hairs, which are remarkable 

 for their coarse and brittle nature, minutely speckled. The antlers are 

 smooth and white nearly throughout. 



The Tibetan plateau, north of Lhasa, is the home of this fine 

 species of deer, which was originally described by the late Colonel 

 Przewalski under the scientific 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 Dr. W. T. Blanford. 



length 



on out- Circum- Tip to Widest , . Locality. Owner. 



side ference. Tip. inside, 

 curve. 



47 ... ... ... ... N. of Lhassa . . British .Museum. 



38A 4i 37 27 5+4 Central Tibet . . Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



38 5J ... ... 5 + 5 Do. . . British Museum. 



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



- Owner's measurements. 

 1 Bought at Darjiling, thither brought by Tibetans. 



WAPITI DEER (Cervus canadensis). 



Wapiti are large deer of the red deer group, easy of recognition 

 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. 



