Wapiti 



95 



symmetrical fork, the fourth, fifth, and sixth being situated nearly in the 

 same plane as the portion of the beam immediately below them, so as more 



Fig. 24.— Head of East American Wapiti. From a specimen in the possession of Mr. W. Moncreiffc. 

 Length of antlers on outside curve 58, basal circumference 7§, greatest width inside 49 inches. 



or less nearly to occlude one another when viewed from the front ; the 

 brow-tine rising close to the brow, and approximately equal in length to 



