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which tend to connect the Barren-Ground with the woodland type. The 
Greenland caribou (2. 4 grenlandicus) is of the Barren-Ground type, 
but all the rest are nearer the woodland form. Among these, the 
Newfoundland &. 4 ¢terre-nove has antlers of a very complex type ; 
Side view of Antlers of Barren-Ground Caribou. From a specimen in the British Museum. 
R. ¢. montanus and R. ¢. osbornt are mountain-races, probably pass- 
ing towards R. 7. stoned and R. ¢. granti of Southern Alaska, which 
have somewhat longer antlers, and thus approach the Barren-Ground 
type, although they are large animals. Reindeer have brow-tined 
antlers, but otherwise appear to be related to the American deer. 
