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hornless doe, and, if such specimens exist, I should be 

 inclined to regard them as freaks. Moreover, not only have 



Fic. 13. 



Woodland Caribou {Rangifer Caribou, Gmelin). 



Southern type, from Quebec. 



{From photo lent by H. Hesketh Prichard.') 



the does of the barrens horns, but these horns are long and 

 display many points. Thirteen or fourteen tines are quite 

 common," etc. Mr, Selous states that the does of R. fno?itanus 

 and R. osbor?ti are also seldom, or never, hornless. So it 



