MAMMALIA. 187 



I. ALCES MALCHIS. The ELK or MOOSE. 

 Dark brown. Legs yellower. 



Alces antiquorum, Ruppell, Verz. Senck. Samml. 183, 1845. 

 Cervus Alces, Linn. S. N. i. 92; Gmelin, S. N. i. 175; Brisson, 



R. A. 93; Pallas, Zool R. A. i. 201; Zimm. Geog. Gesch.ii. 



127 ; Schreb. Saugth. 968. t. 246 a, b, c, d; Desm. N. Diet. 



H. N. v. 519; Mamm. 430; F. Cuvier, Diet. Sci. Nat. vii. 



461 ; Davelli, K. Sv. Vet. Handl. 1819, 207; Desmoul D. Class. 



H. N. iii. 374; Fischer, Syn. Mam. 441. 613; Richardson, 



Fauna Bor. Amer. 232. 



Cervus Alces Alces, H. Smith, Griffith A. K. v. 771. 

 Alces (Cervus) Alces, Sundevall, Pecora, 54. 

 Alces Malchis, Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1836, 135. 

 Alces palmatus, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 182; Cat. Osteol. B. 



M. 70. 



Alces Europeus, J. Brookes, Mus. Cat. 61. 

 Moose Deer, Dudley, Phil. Trans, n. 368. 165 ; Dale, Phil. Trans. 



n. 444. 384. 



Moose or Elk, Catesby, Carol. App. 27. 

 Elk, Laws. Carol. 123 ; Penn. Syn. 40. t. 7 ; Quad. i. 105. 1. 17; 



Shaw, Mus. Lever, i. 33. t. 8; Gen. Zool. ii. 261. t. 174, 175; 



Knight, Mus. A.N.L 585, 586, 605. 

 Elan, Buffon, H. N. xii. 79. t. 7 ; Supp. vii. 318. t. 80 ; Perrault, 



Anim.i. 179. t. 25; Cuvier, R. A. i. 254; Oss. Foss. iv. 64. 

 Orignal, Lu. Houtan, Voy. 72; Charlev. Nouv. France, iii. 126; 



Dierville, Acad. 122; Allam, Buff. H. N. xv. 50. t. 2; Buffon, 



Supp. iii. 133; Fischer, Syn. 441. 613. 



American Black Elk(C. Alces ft.), Ham. Smith, Griffith A.K.v. 771. 

 Elch, Wangenheim, Neu. Schrift. Berl. Naturf. Fr. i. 1. t. 1. 

 Loss, Russians in Siberia. 

 Flat-horned Elk, Jeffers. Notes Virginia, 49. 

 Cervus palmatus Alee, Klein, Quad. 577- t. 28 $ . 

 Alces, Caesar, Bell. Gall. vi. c. 27 ; Gesner, Quad. i. fig. 2. fig. ; 



Jonston, Quad. 92. t. 30, 31. 



Alee, Plin. Hist. Nat. viii. c. 15; Heinsii Dissert, de Alee, 1767. 

 Hab. The Northern Regions of America and Europe. 



Female, adult. N. Europe. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 

 Head, stuffed, with horns. Russia. Presented by Edward 

 Cayley, Esq. 



OSTEOLOGY. 



Elan, Daub. Buff. H. N. xii. t. 8, 9; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. 64. 



t. 4. f. 22-29, t. 6. f. 8, t. 5. f. 49, th. 

 Moose Deer, Dale, Phil. Trans, n. 444. 384. fig. 

 C. alces, Schreb. Saugth. t. 246. f. b. 



