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THE DEER OF AMERICA. 



doubt, more variation in color as well as in size observed among 

 our Moose than among the Eastern Elk. Some attain to enor- 

 mous size, larger than any individuals found in the north of 

 Europe, and some are black to a degree never met with among 

 the others, while other smaller and lighter specimens are met 

 with here not essentially differing from the average of those 

 found in Europe. 



Scandinavian Elk. 



There is, too, an observable difference in the antlers, although 

 in both the general characteristics are the same. The antlers are 

 not much smaller on the Elk than on the Moose, in proportion to 

 the size of the animal, but they are less palmated, that is, a less 

 proportion of the volume of the antler is spread out in the 

 palm, and a greater proportion devoted to the cylindrical parts. 

 Besides the palms being less, relatively, the tines, set upon their 

 borders, are larger and longer than on our variety. While this 

 is true as a general rule, it is by no means universally so. I have 



