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and palmated, hut the bez, in some cases at anv rate, is comparatively 

 simple, and may be unbranched. In the pair of antlers figured on 

 page 41, the left brow-antler is much expanded, but the right, which 

 was probably much simpler, has been sawn off; both bez-antlers are 

 remarkably simple, the left one being undivided, while that of the right 

 side is only very slightly forked. The antlers of the hinds of this race 

 are very small and poorly developed, showing scarcely any curvature. 



A skin of this race is a desideratum in the British Museum. Accord- 

 ing to the description given by Dr. J. A. Allen,' the whole of the feet and 

 legs are white, save for a stripe of tawny brown running down the front of 

 each, and narrowing as it reaches the lateral hoofs. The eye is not sur- 

 rounded by a distinct ring of white. The winter coat of this race is not 

 of the dark brown hue characteristic of the woodland reindeer. Accord- 

 ing to information supplied to the writer, the weight of a stag is not more 

 than about 150 lbs., or that of a good bighorn sheep. 



In regard to the range of the Barren-Ground reindeer, Mr. W. H. 

 Osgood in his account of the mammals of the Yukon district, published in 

 Part 19 of the North AiiicricuH Kz/Wf/, observes that this animal is found 

 over nearly the whole of the extreme northern part of North America, 

 from North-Western Labrador to the Aleutian Islands. At the present 

 day it is, however, rare throughout the Yukon district ; and even as far 

 back as the year 1877 it had become comparatively uncommon, although 

 formerly abundant in the neighbourhood of Norton Sound and for some 

 distance up the river. The precise limits of its range to the south, and 

 also in the interior, are not yet ascertained. 



The following notes on a series of skins of this form appeared in the 

 Proceedings of the PhUadelphia Academy for 1900 (p. 34) : — 



" A series of twenty-four of these animals was secured : three skeletons, 

 eight skins with skulls, and thirteen additional skulls. 



' Bullt-tin of the Americiiii Museum, vol. viii. p. 234 (1S96). 



