THE WILD REINDEER OF NORWAY. 

 '(Tarandus Rangifer.) 



HAVING had good opportunities of watching the 

 habits of the wild reindeer in the Norwegian 

 mountains, I am tempted to offer some slight 

 account of its natural history, together with my 

 own experiences in stalking the animal, which 

 may possibly prove interesting to the readers of 

 Land and Water (February, 4, 1871.) 



At the present day the wild reindeer is found 

 in considerable numbers on the higher mountain- 

 ranges, or <c fjelds," of Norway, though it fre- 

 quently migrates from one district to another, 

 constantly travelling against the wind, and rarely 

 remaining long in any particular locality. Its 

 principal food in the summer consists of the dwarf 

 willows, Salix glauca and hastata, on various 

 species of Cerastium, and especially on the Ranun- 

 culus glacialis, generally known in Norway by the 



