. Records of big game : with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . including the middle line of the tail, which is coloured like theback. There is more black on the borders of the rump-patch, thethighs, and the flanks, and the general colour is greyer. The antlersare very large and have the fourth tine shorter and stouter. Thiswapiti inhabits the Tian-Shan range in the neighbourhood ofKulja; it was first described by Dr. Severtzow under the nameof C. maral, van songarica, and subsequently by Dr. Blanford, onthe evidence of detached antlers obt
. Records of big game : with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . including the middle line of the tail, which is coloured like theback. There is more black on the borders of the rump-patch, thethighs, and the flanks, and the general colour is greyer. The antlersare very large and have the fourth tine shorter and stouter. Thiswapiti inhabits the Tian-Shan range in the neighbourhood ofKulja; it was first described by Dr. Severtzow under the nameof C. maral, van songarica, and subsequently by Dr. Blanford, onthe evidence of detached antlers obtained by the Second YarkandMission, as C. eustepJianus. Length on Circum- Tip to Widest ^p^^^^ p,,;^^^ outside ference. Tip. inside. .■>preac curve. 60 8i 62i 45i 70 56i 7i 374 37* 4oi ^-55 8 54 7i 49 463 5oi -53 9 Locality. bur 10 + 9 Tian Shan6 + 6 Do. 6 + 7 Bought at Kasbgar 7 + 6 Tian Shan 8 + 6 ? - Owners measurements. Owner. Capt. J. N. Price Wood. G. L. Harrison. Earl of Northbrook. r. Church. American National Collec-tion. 1 Shed antlers bought by the late Sir Douglas Forsyth 46 RECORDS OF BIG GAME. Skull and Antlers of Tian-Shan Wapiti, shot by Mr. P. Church at Tarbagatai. Length outside ference. Tip. inside. spread. foints. Local curve. 53i Il 7 + 7 Tian .Shan 53 6| 3O2 39 46 6 + 6 Do. 53 6| 46 41 49 8 + 8 ? 51 6^ 391 4o| 50I 6 + 5 Tian Shan 51 6| 43i 445 46I 7 + 6 Do. 51 8 44i 5 55 8 + 7 Do. 5oi 9 10 + 9 Do. 5° 6| 39 43 51 6 + 6 Do. 50 6A 26 35 38 7 + 6 Do. Owner. P. Church. J. V. Phelps. Duke of Bedford. A. Ezra. St. George Littledale. Col. H. Appleton. P. Church. Lord Osborne Beauclerk A. Bayley-Worthington. Length on Circum- Tip tooutside ference. 49i 48 4746i46I4645145i-45i 6§ 6i 6 78 7 5i 7 452 45 245 36 37i 46i 27I 42| 26i Widest (. , inside. ^ 54 41 322 4oi 39h 44 35i 418 55 55i 41 43 44 50 405 444 57i 40S WAPITI Points. Locality. 6 + 6 Tian Shan8 + 8 Kulja 7 + 6 .?6 + 6 ? 8 + 7 Tian Shan 6 + 6 Do. 7 + 7 + 6 + 6 Do. - measur
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