102 Elaphine Group 



Characters. — Very close to the preceding, but longer-legged and more 

 lightly built, with the portion of the antlers above the fourth tine aborted, 

 and the colour very dark. 



Specimens of this race are needed in England for comparison with the 

 typical one. Hamilton Smith, who is confirmed by Blyth, stated that 

 there were important differences in the antlers ; and the former writer 

 refers to two pairs of antlers in the British Museum which are said to agree 

 with the specimens he saw in America, and to differ from those of the 

 eastern race by the bez-tine exceeding the brow in length. A male from 

 Oregon was living in the London Zoological Gardens in 1 863, and, from 

 his recollection of this specimen, Mr. Thompson, the head-keeper, informs 

 me that it was much longer in the leg, slighter in the body, and altogether 

 a more elegant-looking animal than the eastern race. If this be so, it 

 approximates to the Manchurian race, which is just what would be expected 

 on distributional grounds. The antlers, according to Dr. Merriam's 

 description, also approximate to those of the latter. 



Distribution. — America, west of the Rocky Mountains, extending from 

 British Columbia and Vancouver Island through Washington, Oregon, and 

 Northern California to North-Western Mexico. From British Columbia it 

 is now apparently exterminated, although some remain in Vancouver Island. 

 Its numbers in Oregon are alluded to under the head of the preceding race. 



c. Manchurian Race — Cervus canadensis luehdorfi 



Cervus luhdorfi, Bolau, Abh. Ver. Hamburg, vol. vii. p. 33 (1880); 

 Fitzinger, SB. Ak. Wien, vol. lxxxiii. p. 373 (1881). 



Cervus luehdorfi, Sclater, List Anim. Zool. Gardens, p. 263 (1883). 



Cervus isubra, Noack, Humboldt, vol. viii. p. 6, fig. 5 (1889). 



Characters. — Apparently very closely allied to the West American wapiti, 

 although perhaps not attaining quite such large dimensions. Two hinds from 

 Manchuria living in the menagerie at Woburn Abbey in 1896-97 were 

 decidedly larger than those of the Altai wapiti, and also relatively more 

 long-legged animals, and this difference affords one of the reasons for 

 regarding the present form as sub-specifically distinct from the latter, 

 although in the annexed description the Manchurian wapiti is said to be 

 smaller than the (? typical) American race. The summer pelage (as shown 



