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of head; face rather short; general colour in summer 

 yellowish brown, sometimes with a reddish tinge ; neck and 

 under-parts varying from dark brown to blackish; and in 

 winter contrasting sharply with the straw-colour of the 

 bleached coat of the back ; limbs generally chestnut-brown. 



The distributional area includes North America and 

 Central and North-eastern Asia. 



The following is a " key " to the Americaii races : — 



A. Size larger. 



a. Smaller and lighter-coloured, with lighter 



antlers C. c. canadensis. 



b. Larger and darker, with heavier antlers C. c. occidentalis. 



c. Nose darker, and head and legs redder than in 



a, but not so dark as in 6 ; skull more 



massive than in either a or 6 C. c. merriami. 



B. Size smaller C. c. nannodes. 



The Asiatic races are not sufficiently well known, as a 

 whole, to admit of their being tabulated in this manner. 



A. — Cervus canadensis canadensis. 



Cervus canadensis typicus, LydekTcer, Deer of All Lands, p. 96, 1898 ; 



Ward, Records of Big Game, ed, 6, p. 40, 1910, ed. 7, p. 40, 1914. 

 Cervus canadensis canadensis, Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 385, 



1912. 



Wapiti. 



Typical locality Eastern Canada. 

 General characters those of the species. 

 The range extends southwards and westwards to include 

 the Eocky Mountains. 



690, i, c, c^, d. Four frontlets, with antlers. North 

 America. No history. 



690, /. Single antler of an immature stag. Shed in 

 Zoological Society's Gardens, May, 1863. 



Piirchased {Zoological Society), about 1863. 

 53. 8. 29. 43. Skin, young, mounted, from a stag born 

 in London. Purchased {Zoological Society), 1853. 



58. 6. 9. 19. Skull, with antlers. North America. 



Purchased {Zoological Society), 1858. 

 76. 3. 15. 1. Skeleton, with antlers. Yellowstone Park. 



Purchased {H. Ward), 1876. 

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