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are shorter than on any other of our species. Near the upper 

 part of the beam three posterior tines are thrown off, the longest 

 ten and one half inches, and the shortest two inches and nine 

 lines. As I do not find the antlers of the female Caribou else- 

 where described, only as that they are smaller than on the male, 

 I will give a particular description of a pair in my collection 

 (Fig. 3), in addition to the illustration. They stand on conical 



3. Female Caribou Antlers. 



4 and 5. Male Caribou Antlers. 



pedicels, which are nearly four inches apart, and which at then- 

 tops are one inch in their longest diameter, and nine lines in the 

 shortest, which represents about the size and shape of the antler 

 at the butt, where there is scarcely any burr. The pedicel is 

 seven lines long. The entire length of the right antler is eleven 

 and a half inches. The brow-tine is seven inches long, is thrown 

 off one and a half inches above the butt. This tine is forked 

 two and a half inches from the end. Six inches above the brow 

 tine a posterior snag is thrown off, nine lines long. 



