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nearer obliterated than on any of our other species, as not a ves- 

 tige remains of the metatarsal gland, and the tarsal is the least 

 of^all in size. As we shall hereafter see, the metatarsal gland is 

 wanting on three of the other species, yet on all these the tarsal 

 gland remains in full size or nearly so in proportion to the size of 

 the animal. 



Fig. 2. 



from 



Fig. 3. Fig. 4- 



the Woodland Caribou. 3 Is from the Male, and 4 Is from the Female Wild 

 Reindeer of Norway. 



On the Woodland Caribou the tuft of hairs over the tarsal 

 gland also has its characteristics, which enable one who has 

 studied it to readily recognize it, though it is more variable in 

 size and shape than on the moose. The hairs composing the tuft 

 occupy a descending position. From the upper end the tuft 

 commences to rise up gradually, and so continues to the lower 



