9 8 



Elaphine Group 



Although from six to eight tines is the normal number in American 

 wapiti antlers, not unfrequently additional tines are developed in the region 

 of the crown, which may then form a cup with more or less extensive 

 palmation. Such a palmated head is figured on page 414 of the first volume 

 on Big Game Shooting in the " Badminton Library." 



The following dimensions of antlers of both races of American wapiti 

 are taken from Mr. Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game, an abnormal 

 specimen heading the list being omitted : — 



Length along 

 Outside ot C#urve. 



Circumference 

 above Bez-tine. 



Tip to Tip. 



Widest inside. 



Number of 



Locality. 



6c 



71 



? 



40 



"7-"7 



\\ vMminfr 



6a 1 



8 



? 



4-8 



7-7 



/ / 



>> 



°of 



8 1 



°4 



4^4 



40 2 



7-7 



/ / 



? 



f>i 



n3 

 /« 



ool 



J J4 



3 u s 



7—7 



/ / 



x^UlUl aUU 



61J 



1\ 



? 



45 



6-7 



Wyoming 



6o| 



7i 



? 



5 2 



6-6 



Rocky Mountains 



6o| 



7i 



43 



46i 



6-6 



Wyoming 



6o,V 





? 



55 



7-6 



ti 



59i 





? 



? 





■>■> 



59^ 



H 



37$ 



47 



8-7 



Nebraska 



59^ 





? 



45 



6-6 



Wyoming 



5^ 



7i 





47 



9-8 



•>•> 



58^ 



9 



? 





10-7 



■>•> 



581 



8^ 



? 



44^ 



6-6 



i> 



Sl\ 



6s 7 



244 



35l 



6-6 



Montana 



57| 



7 



47 



48| 



6-6 



Wyoming 



57i 



9l 



3 2 



42| 



7-7 



>> 



57 



7i 



61 



49 



8-8 



•>•> 



Distribution. — North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, from latitude 

 57 N. in the interior of the continent through Labrador, the Alleghany 

 region of Pennsylvania and Virginia, Northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, 

 Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana. From the Adirondack region 

 of New York the typical wapiti has long since been exterminated, the only 

 remaining evidence of its former presence there being buried antlers. 

 Regarding its range in the South-Eastern United States, Mr. Rhoads writes 

 as follows 1 : — "The former range of this animal in Pennsylvania was closely 



1 To avoid confusion, the names wapiti and bison arc substituted in the extract for elk and buffalo. 



