Archive image from page 130 of The deer of all lands;. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct deerofalllandshi00lyde Year: 1898 Wapiti 97 With regard to this light caudal disk, the same writer observes that it ' commences at the top of the hip and extends back so as to embrace the tail ; its outer border descends laterally in a circular form, so that when even with the root of the tail, above that member, it nearly describes a semi- circle ; thence the outer border descends down the ham, gradually drawing inwardly, and contracting the white section, which,
Archive image from page 130 of The deer of all lands;. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct deerofalllandshi00lyde Year: 1898 Wapiti 97 With regard to this light caudal disk, the same writer observes that it ' commences at the top of the hip and extends back so as to embrace the tail ; its outer border descends laterally in a circular form, so that when even with the root of the tail, above that member, it nearly describes a semi- circle ; thence the outer border descends down the ham, gradually drawing inwardly, and contracting the white section, which, however, descends to unite with the lighter shades of the inguinal region. This white portion is bordered by an intensely black stripe, which commences on either side Fig. 25.—East American Wapiti. From a male at Woburn Abbey. Photographed by the Duchess of Bedford. above the region of the tail and continues down to the posterior sides of the thighs, where it fades out and is lost. The black mark appears on all animals of all ages and both sexes, but is the most brilliant on the male in the prime of life and in the fall of the year.' When the summer coat is first assumed, the light caudal disk is straw-coloured, but it gradually fades till in the latter part of the summer it becomes nearly white. Fading also takes place in the winter pelage, which gradually bleaches from the tawny yellow of autumn to a pale dirty white in winter, although there is much individual variation in this respect, scarcely any two animals in a herd being of exactly the same tint. o
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