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peculiarities. These are the extreme length of the tines on 
the upper part of the main beam, and a peculiar structure of 
the antler above the brow antler, which, taken alone, is not unlike 
the antlers of the American deer (Odocoileus). This animal is 
large, and by far the handsomest known species of the Barren 
Ground group. Its relationship to the caribou of the north and 
east cannot be determined until a full series of specimens is 
obtained. 
Of the Barren Ground Caribou group there remains to be 
considered those of Labrador; but the caribou of the barren 
grounds to the east of the Coppermine River and north of Ches- 
terfield Inlet need careful investigation, as do those of South- 
ampton Island. : 
We are indebted to Mr. A. P. Low, the Canadian explorer, 
for most of the knowledge we possess of the interior of the 
Peninsula of Labrador, which includes one of the largest unex- 
plored areas on the globe. Mr. Low states that there are three 
distinct herds of Barren Ground Caribou on the barren and 
semi-barren lands of the peninsula. These herds frequent the 
coast of Hudson Straits, Ungava Bay, and the Atlantic coast as 
far south as Hamilton Inlet. On the Hudson Bay coast they 
are found only at present in small numbers to the north of Whale 
River, about the 54th parallel, and are being rapidly extermi- 
nated by the Indians. It is probable that the Barren Ground 
Caribou of Labrador occupy at times the same area in the interior 
as the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer caribou). 
An interesting question here arises as to whether the caribou 
of northern Labrador and those of Baffin Land are identical, and 
as to the possibility of crossing Hudson Straits, which lie be- 
tween. Inasmuch as the Straits of Belle Isle appear to interpose 
a barrier sufficient to prevent the intermingling of the New- 
foundland and mainland species, and as Hudson Straits are very 
much wider, and the probability of an ice bridge far more remote, 
it would seem that the two groups have been separated for a 
long period of time. It is highly probable, therefore, that future 
investigations will develop some distinctive features between the 
Labrador animals and those of Baffin Land and show a close 
relationship between the latter and the caribou of Ellesmere Land. 
Mr. Arthur Moore, of New York, led an expedition into the 
Hudson Bay region during the summer of I901 and obtained 
