58 RECORDS OF BIG C, . /.)//. 



range of this form extends from British Columbia and Vancouver to 

 Oreon. 





Circum- 

 ference ., \yj j e ^y | 



outside between ^ - n ^ ^ide. V*- Locality. Owner. 



curve. '--d 



52 NJ, 37 40 6 + 6 Vancouver . Barclay Honthion. 



51^ 6^ 35 36^ 39^ 6 + 6 Do. . . . J. M. Hanbury. 



49^ 6], 38 46.]: ... 10+7 l)o - A - K. Leatham. 



48 7J 32^ 36.]: 34^ 6 + 7 Do. . . W. K. Thompson. 



47 6;,' 37 34 41!, 8 + 7 Do. . . J. M. Hanbury. 



45 7) 37 37 7 + 8 Do. . . Clive Phillipps-Wolley. 



Two other forms of wapiti have been described from North 

 America, namely, C. cnnndcnsis inerriaini, of the White Mountains, 

 Arizona, and C. canadensis nannodes, of the San Joaquin Valley, 

 California. The latter is a small, pale-coloured race, with much white 

 on the ears, a small rump-patch, and the front of the legs and feet 

 golden fulvous. 



C THIAN-SHAN WAPITI (Cervus canadensis songaricus). 



Judging by the mounted specimen in the British Museum and 

 numerous examples of the antlers, this race differs from the typical 

 wapiti by the rump-patch being narrower, more orange in colour, and 

 not including the middle line of the tail, which is coloured like the 

 back. There is more black on the borders of the rump-patch, the 

 thighs, and the flanks, and the general colour is greyer. The antlers 

 are very large and have the fourth tine shorter and stouter. This 

 wapiti inhabits the forest-clad portions of the Southern Altai and 

 Thian-Shan ranges ; it was first described by Dr. Severtzoff under 

 the name of C. inaral, var. songarica, and subsequently by Dr. 

 .Blanford, on the evidence of detached antlers obtained by the Second 

 Yarkand Mission, as C. eusteplianns. Some of the under-mentioned 

 Altai specimens may belong to the next race. 



Length 



curve. 



1 55 8 ... 6 + 7 Bought at Kashgar . Karl of Xorthbrook. 



54 7.} 49 46^ 5oi 7+6 Thian Shan . . P. Church. 



- Owner's measurements. 

 1 Shed antlers bought by the lau Sir Douglas Forsyth. 



