Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . dson, Zool. Voy. of H. M. S. Herald, 1852-54,pp. 40-60, pis. ix, xi, fig. 6; pi. xii, figs. 1-4; pi. xiii, figs. 1-2, pi. xv,figs. 1-4. Type.—Poorly preserved skull in the British Museum, fromEschscholtz Bay, Alaska. Description.—Horns long; length of horn core along uppercurve very much- greater than circumference at base; horn coresslightly flattened on superior face; transverse diameter much greaterthan vertical; curve of horn regular, the tip not abruptly reflectednor pointing decidedly backward; horn cores raking decidedly back-ward. Maddren. A. G.:
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . dson, Zool. Voy. of H. M. S. Herald, 1852-54,pp. 40-60, pis. ix, xi, fig. 6; pi. xii, figs. 1-4; pi. xiii, figs. 1-2, pi. xv,figs. 1-4. Type.—Poorly preserved skull in the British Museum, fromEschscholtz Bay, Alaska. Description.—Horns long; length of horn core along uppercurve very much- greater than circumference at base; horn coresslightly flattened on superior face; transverse diameter much greaterthan vertical; curve of horn regular, the tip not abruptly reflectednor pointing decidedly backward; horn cores raking decidedly back-ward. Maddren. A. G.: Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. xux, No. 1584, 1905, p. 7. 32 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 51 Remarks.—This species heretofore has not been known outsideof Alaska, but, as might have been anticipated, skulls of this specieswere observed at Fox Gulch, Bonanza Creek, Yukon Territory, Can-ada, by the writer during the summer of 1907. In the foregroundof plate iv, fig. 1, may be seen a portion of the skull and horn cores. Fig. 4.—Scapula of Bison crassicornis (?) (Cat. No. 5941) from Palisade?, on the Yukon River. (See 2, Fig. 2.) Greatest length, 22J/• inches. of this species. Remains of B. crassicornis have been collected fromthe following localities: On the tundra back of Point Barrow, Ele-phant Point, Eschscholtz Bay, Little Minook Creek, Little MinookCreek Junior, and Bonanza Creek. Yukon Territory. Canada.
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