2 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



of long white hair covering a gland on the hock, but none on the hind 

 cannon-bone. Height at shoulder reaching to 4 feet 10 inches (New- 

 foundland). 



Reindeer inhabit the circumpolar regions of both hemispheres, in 

 Europe including Scandinavia, Lapland, and Northern Russia ; their 



Antlers of Male Woodland Reindeer from Nova Scotia. 

 From a specimen in the British Museum. 



southern limit varies from 52 to 54 N. latitude, while they extend 

 to between 80 and 81 northwards. 



Several varieties, or local races, of reindeer are recognised. The 

 more important are: (i) the Scandinavian reindeer (JR. tarandus 

 typicus] of Northern Europe and Asia, which is a rather small 

 animal with moderately expanded antlers ; (2) the Spitsbergen rein- 

 deer (R. tarandus spetsbergensis\ characterised by the peculiar form 

 of the nasal bones of the skull ; (3) the woodland reindeer (R. tarandus 



