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height at the shoulder must have been about 4 feet, that measure- 

 ment on the body over the curves to the withers having been re- 

 corded by Dr. Thorold as 4 ft. 5 in., and the length from the insertion 

 ot the tail to the nose 6 ft. 1| in. The tail (with hair probably) 

 measured only 4 inches. The ears are of moderate size and pointed, 

 and measure outside in the mounted skin 9| inches fi'om the 

 head. 



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Head of Cervus thoroldi. 



The horns are distinguished at once by the want of the bez tine 

 characteristic of the Elaphine group and found in the other Tibetan 

 Stag C. afflnis. There are five points on each horn (except one, 

 which has only 4), and there can be very little doubt that this is 

 the number characteristic of the adult. The beam is angularly 

 bent at the insertion of the second tine (corresponding in position 

 to the tres tine of C. elaphus), and above this is gradually curA'ed 

 back and presents the peculiarity that the upper four points and 

 the upper part of the beam are nearly in a flat plane. Another 

 conspicuous character is that (except in one horn which is slightly 

 abnormal) the third tine exceeds all the others in length. The 

 corresponding tine (4th) is generally the longest in the Wapiti, 



