ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 6. N:0 4. 



through Carelia, and at least during the winter their wande- 

 rings carried t hem even to the south of Lake Ladoga. 



It has been known for a long time that these Reindeer 

 of Fennia, in the broadest sense of that word, were very 

 large. It has been repeatedly set forth in the journals de- 



voted to shooting sport, and there 

 are also some statements of na- 

 turalists to the same point. A. 

 W. Malm ^ speaks for instance 

 about the great size of the wild 

 Reindeer and says that their ant- 

 iers sometimes attain a weight 

 up to three »Lisp.» which corre- 

 sponds to 25 V^ kilogr. approxi- 

 mately. This might, however, pro- 

 bably be an exception. Pleske - 

 has also observed that there exi- 

 sted a considerable difference be- 

 tween the wild and the tame Rein- 

 deer of the Kola Peninsula. The 

 latter are probably of the same 

 race as the tame Reindeer of 

 Swedish Lapland thus Rangifer 

 tarandus (possibly in some instan- 

 ces crossed with the wild animals 

 of the country). Unfortunately 

 Pleske had no opportunity to 

 obtain measurements except of 

 one single specimen of wild Rein- 

 der viz. of a not yet fullgrown 

 stag (»probably three years old»). 

 That one measured from tip of 

 snout to tip of tail 199 cm., and had a vertical height of 

 121 cm. at the withers, and of 131 cm. at the loins. 



Ten years ago the present author had the pleasure of 

 going through the Zoological Museum of Helsingfors in com- 

 pany with Professor Palmen. I was then struck by the 



^ En Vinter och tvenne Somrar bland Fjellen eller en Resa i Skandi- 

 naviens Nordligaste Lapp- och Finnmarker. Göteborg 1857. 



^ trbersicht der Säugethiere und Vögel der Kola-Halbinsel. Th. I 

 Säugethiere. Beitr. zur Kenntn. d. Russ Reich. II Folge. Bd VII. St. 

 Petersburg 1884. 



Fig 2. Frontal view of a skull of 



a wild Swedish Reindeer 

 {Rangifer tarandus. Lin.) ef shot 

 in Särna, Dalecarlia 16 April 1836. 



