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FIG. 17. OSBORN CARIBOU HEAD 



In the winter-killed sheep specimens of Mr. Reed, the pelage is of maxi- 

 mum length. Indeed, on the three mounted heads it is so long as to almost 

 mask the form and proportions of the head and face. Often in the mounting 

 of heads clothed with full-length pelage, the skill of the taxidermist is taxed to 

 the utmost to turn out a finished head that will not look commonplace, or even 

 shapeless, by reason of its great mask of long hair. 



Inasmuch as the killing of White Sheep on the Kenai Peninsula is now 

 absolutely prohibited, we may congratulate ourselves upon having secured this 



