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The Descent of Man. 



Part II. 



hunted for the last twenty-one years in the Adirondack^, where 

 the Ctrvus virginianus abounds. About fourteen years ago he 

 first heard of spike-horn bucks. These became from year to year 

 more common ; about five years ago he shot one, and afterwards 

 another, and now they are frequently killed. " The spike-horn 

 u differs greatly from the common antler of the C. virginianus. 



Fig. 64. Strepsiceros Kudu (from Sir Andrew Smith's ' Zoology of South Africa'). 



" It consists of a single spike, more slender than the antler, and 

 " scarcely half so long, projecting forward from the brow, and 

 '"' terminating in a very sharp point. It gives a considerable 



