THE SELOtrs COILECTTON. 97 



curve 32 ; circumference (between bez and trez tines) 4| ; widest 

 spread inside 28 ; spread from tip to tip 23|. Points 5 + 4. 

 Typical locality, Glenquoicb Forest, Inverness. 



475-476 —19.7.15.450-451. 14 October, 1898. Ben Alder Forest, 



near Dalwhinnie, Scotland. 

 477-480 —19. 7. 15. 452-455. Monar Forest, Scotland. 



EASTERN EED DEEE, oe MAEAL. 



CebTUS ELAPHrs MAEAL. 



Cervus maral, Ogrilby, Eep. Council Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 22. 

 Cervus elaphus maral, Lydekker, Deer of All Lauds, p. 75, 1898 ; Great 

 and SmaU Game of Europe, etc., p. 217, 1901. 



Size considerably larger than in the Red Deer, shoulder-height 

 about 54 inches. Antlers larger, record length 48| inches. Gen- 

 eral colour reddish brown in summer, turning dark grey in winter, 

 the shoulders, thighs, and belly becoming blackish brown. 



Horn measurements* : — length on outside curve 391 ; circum- 

 ference (between bez and trez tines) 5J ; widest spread inside 36t ; 

 spread from tip to tip 38. Points 8 f 7. 



Typical locality, Caspian provinces of Persia ; range from 

 Caucasus through Galicia to Persia and Asia Minor. 



481 —19. 7. 15. 456. 18 October, 1894. Ak Dagh, Asia Minor, 



WAPITI. 



Cervus CANADEii'sis canadensis. 



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

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

 1912. 



Size very large, shoulder-height reaching 64 inches. Antlers 

 distinguished from those of elaphus by their great size and with 

 the upper half flattened ; fourth and fifth tines very long, forming 

 an almost symmetrical fork. Fine horns measure from 56 to 66 

 inches in length, with an outside width of from 50 to 60 inches. 



Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 458) : — length on out- 



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