Fig. i8 — Deer horn embedded in 

 oak. 



Specimen in New York State Museum. 

 Drawn from pliotoj^raph supplied 

 bv the Director of the Museum. 



Inscribed : " This portion of an oak 

 tree with a Deer's heatl and horns 

 was taken from a forest in the State 

 of Michi^jan. It is believed that 

 the tree was between 40 and 50 

 years old. Presented to the M use- 

 um by the Hon. William Kelley, 

 of Rhinebeck, Nov. 24, 1859." 



Fig. 20 — Whitetail Buck with remarkable palmations. 



Killed at North Lake Reservoir, town of Wilmurt, Herkimer County, .N. Y., fall of 1891. Drawn from 

 photographs by Egbert Bagg, of Utica, N. Y. 



Fig. 19 — .\ntler <i( Virginia Deer embedded in tree 

 trunk. 

 Locality, New York St.ate. 

 From photograph of specimen in New York State Muse- 

 um, by courtesy of Director John .M. Clarke. 



Fig. 21 — Antler gnawed by Porcupine. 

 Adirondacks, 190K. 



Fig. 22 — Abnormal antlers of Whitetail. 

 Redrawn from Caton's figure. 



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