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caribou have therefore been isolated for a very long period in the 
northern part of the peninsula, and it is not surprising that they 
should have developed certain peculiarities which, as in other 
caribou, seem to show noticeably in the form of the antlers. These 
are remarkable for their long heavy beams with a wide backward 
sweep and forward curve, and for the great palmation of the brow 
Fig. 1.— Rangifer arcticus caboti, the type antler, from a camera drawing. 
and bez tines. In view of these facts I propose to recognize the 
barren-ground caribou of Labrador as a distinct race which may 
be known as 
Rangifer arcticus caboti, subsp. nov. 
Type.— A shed antler, no. 15,372, collection of the Museum of Com- 
parative Zoélogy, collected about thirty miles north of Nachvak, northeast 
coast of Labrador, by Owen Bryant. 
General Characters.— Resembles R. arcticus of Arctic America, but the 
antlers have, in the adult males, a more sweeping backward curve, and their 
