THE SELOtJS COLLECTION. lOl 



Alces dices gigas, Lydekker, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. iv. 

 p. 237, fig. 39, 1915. 



Larger and darker in colour than Alces alces americanus. 

 Good horns measure from 60 to 75 inches in width ; in the record 

 head the width is as great as 78| inches. 



Horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 478) : length to longest 

 tine 40 ; greatest width across horns 67 ; circumference 8| ; palm- 

 width 20; spread from tip to tip 43. Points 17 + 21. This 

 specimen measured 6 feet 11 inches at the shoulder. 



Typical locality, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 



502 19. 7. 15. 477. 8 September, 1904. North Fork of Macmillan 



River, Yukon Territory. 



503 19.7.15.478. 18 September, 1904. North Fork of Mac- 



millan River, Yukon Territory. 



504 19.7.15.479. 7 September, 1906. .Mountains between 



Forks of Macmillan River, Yukon Territory. 



505 19.7..15.480. 15 September, 1906. South Fork of Macmillan 



River, Yukon Territory. 



REINDEER. 

 RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS. 



Cervus tarandus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i. p. 67, 1758 ; ed. 12, vol. i. 



p. 93, 1766. 



Rangifer tarandus typicus, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 38, 1898. 

 Rangifer tarandus tarandus, Lydekker, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. Mus. 



vol. iv. p. 241, 1915. 



The smaller and more slender, subcylindrical antlers at once 

 distinguish the Reindeer from the Newfoundland and Yukon 

 Caribou. 



The best horns in the series are those of No. 19. 7. 15. 496, 

 which have the following measurements : length on outside 

 curve 51 ; spread from tip to tip 31 ; greatest width inside 42 ; 

 circumference 5|. Points 6 + 12. 



Typical locality, Swedish Lapland. Formerly found over a 

 large area of the Scandinavian Peninsula ; in the wild state it now 

 only exists in certain localities in Norway. 



506-510 19.7.15.495-499. 1907. Near Lyseheien, Norway. 



