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ZOOLOGY. 



One specimen of this beautiful animal was found in Spring Valley, 

 Nevada. Hundreds of them were seen on the Colorado plateau, especially 

 around Bill Williams' Mountain. 



Very common on plains to westward of Sink of the Sevier. Common 

 on plains west of Missouri. Visits the mountains near South Park, Colorado, 

 to herd, in June and duly {fide Rothrock). 



Specimens. 



No. 



Name. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



150 / 

 150 a 



A. americana 



South Park, Colo 



, N. Mex 



Aug. 1, 1873 



Dr. J. T. Rothrock. 

 II. VV. Hcnshaw .. 



Cranium. 



Skin and cranium. 



> lQ 73 



Fam. CEKVIDAE. 



Genus CERVUS, L. 



CERVUS CANADENSIS, Erxl. 



Wapiti or American ESk. 



Ccrf de Canada, Pebbault, M6m. Acad. Roy. Sci., iii, 05, pi. 45 (prior to 1700). 



Hi rl van Kanada, Uoutt., Nat. Hist,, iii, S3, pi. 22, f. 1 (subsequent to 17(51). 



Rirsch von Canada, Mull., Natursyst., i, 177.'!, 393, pi. 21, f. 1 (ex Uoutt.) 



Cirrus canadensis, Bimss., Quad., 1750, 88. 



Cervus elaphus y, canadensis, Erxl., Syst., 1777, 305. — Bodd., Eleiicli. Aniiu., 1781, 135. 



Cervus canadensis, Schbeb.. Saug., v, " 1835," 990, pi. 240 A. — Desmae., Maimn., ii, 



1822, 433.— LIabl., Fn. Auier., 1825, 236.— GoDM., Am. Nat. Hist., ii, 1831, 



294, pi. —.—Maxim., Reise, ii, 1839, 24, 84.— Gray, P. Z. S., 1850, 226.— 



Puch., Aichiv. da Mas., vi, 1852, 380. — Giebel, Siiug., 1855, 348. — Bairu, 



Mam. N. A., 1S57, 838, figs. 9. 10. 

 Cervus (Elaphus) canadensis, Griff., An. Kiugd., v, 1827, 308. 

 Elaphus canadensis, DeKay, N. Y. Zool., i, 1842, US, pi. IS, 1'. 2. — Aud. & Bacil, Q. 



N. A., ii, 1851, SI, pi. 02.— Baird, Agile. Rep. U. S. Pateut Office lor 1851, 



1S52, 116. 

 Ccrcus strongloeeros, Schbeb., Siiug., v, "1S30," pi. 247, E, G. — Rich., En. Bor.-Ani., i, 



L829, 251 ; Zool. Beechey's Voy., 1839, 10.— Sunuev., Kong. Vet. Ak. 



Handl., 1844; Arct. Scand. Beit., ii, 1850, 131. 

 Ccrcus wapiti, BAETON, Am. Philos. Trans., \ i, 1809, 70; Mud. & Phys. Journ., iii, 30. — 



Leach, Jouru. Phys., lxxxv, 1817, 07. 

 Cervus major, Okd, Guthrie's Geog., 2d Am. ed., ii. 1815, 292, 300; Journ. Phys., 



Ixxxvii, 1S18, 150.— Desm., Mamm., ii, 1822, 432. 

 ? Cervus occidentalis, H. Smith, Griff. An. King., iv, 1827, 101; v, LS27. 308 (quotcp 



Cervus auritus, Wabden, and Mule Deer, Le Raye). 



