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NEWFOUNDLAND CARIBOU 



danger of classifying the species by the antlers. Not 

 only is there enormous variation in the horns of the 

 different individuals, but each year's growth on a single 

 animal may show marked peculiarities. 



Fig. 3. 



Newfoundland Caribou {Rangifer Terraftova, Bangs). 



The points on anterior margin of beam 

 are seldom found. 



Shot by J. G. Millais on Upper Gander, October, 1905. 



Then, again, there is the question of age to consider. 

 Are we only to compare the horns of the perfectly mature 

 stag — that is to say, one of about eight years old, when 

 the horn is probably at its best — or of the younger or 

 the older animal ? And how are we to determine the 

 age with certainty from the material usually sent in to 



