50 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



MANCHUEIAN WAPITI (Cervus canadensis lueMorfi). 



Antlers of a much shorter and stouter type than in the Altai 

 wapiti, with the portion above the fourth tine (which is also relatively 

 smaller) generally only slightly developed, and sometimes aborted. 

 Not unfrequently " sports " in the neighbourhood of the fourth and 

 fifth tines ; and in one instance the fourth tine itself split into a 

 regular fork. Build and colour very similar to that of the typical 

 wapiti, but the height apparently lower. General colour in winter 

 brownish gray, in summer light brown, with the dark winter mane and 

 under parts of the true wapiti. 



Although the antlers of this race (known in this country by the 

 under-mentioned and other specimens in the collection of the Duke of 

 Bedford) are at first sight very unlike those of either the Altai or the 

 true wapiti, yet they present the essential wapiti characters. These are 

 shown in their flatness, the preponderating size of the fourth tine, and 

 the position of the fifth tine in the same plane as the latter. They 

 are much more like the antlers of the West American wapiti (a fine 

 pair of which are exhibited in the British Museum) ; these being 

 relatively short and stout, with a tendency to the abortion of all the 

 tines above the fifth, and also to the production of " sports." 



As mentioned above, this deer is identified by Monsieur E. de 

 Pousargues with C. xanthopygus ; but there is no evidence that the 

 coat is red in summer, and the antlers of immature specimens of the 

 latter now living in England do not display decided wapiti characters. 

 Moreover, these animals roar somewhat like a red deer, instead of 

 squealing or whistling like a wapiti. 



Distribution. — Northern Manchuria and Amurland. 



Length 



on Circum- Tip to Widest c i d ■ . t i- ^ 



outside ference. Tip. inside. ^Pread. Points. Locality. Owner, 



curve, 



33i 5f 



32i 5i 



3'* 6 



314 5 



31 4l 



