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of two yearling calves received by the Duke of Bedford in 1899. These 

 animals, both males, were captured on i6th August of that year on Clavering 

 Island, situated off the coast oi' East Greenland, in about latitude 74" 5' ; 

 and they appear to have been the first living examples of their kind ever 

 brought to England, and probably to Europe. One survived its arrival at 

 Woburn Abbey only a short period, but its companion fared better, and is 

 now (May 1901) in splendid condition. 



Fig. 69. — Bull Calf of Greenland Musk-Ox, from Clavering Island, at Woburn Abbey in the autumn 

 of 1899. Photographed by the Duchess of Bedford. 



These Clavering Island calves were at once seen to differ from the adult 

 specimens exhibited in the British Museum, as well as from the descrip- 

 tions usually given of the species. The difference consists in the presence 

 of a large patch of white hair on the forehead, as well as an ill-defined 

 white streak down each side of the tace, and some scattered white hairs in 

 the middle line between the muzzle and the eyes. 



In noticing the survivor of the two calves, in an article published in 

 Knowledge for June 1900, the present writer stated that when this difference 

 was first observed it was thought that the East Greenland musk-ox might 



