The Bighorn and the Antelope. 



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who published his remarks in the " Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society " for 1865, p. 720. Mr. Bartlett writes: 



On the morning of November 7 the keeper, somewhat alarmed, called my 

 attention to the fact that one of the horns of the prongbuck had fallen off (as 

 shown in the illustration). I hurried to the spot immediately, fearing that 

 some accident had happened, and reached the paddock in time to see the 

 second horn fail to the ground. My astonishment was much increased at 

 observing that two fine new horns were already in the place of those just 

 dropped ; that these new horns were soft and covered with long, straight. 



HORN OK PRONGBUCK 

 AS SHED. 



HORN JUST BEFORE IT WAS SHED, SHOWING 

 THE NEW HORN BENEATH. 



smooth, and nearly white hairs, and that the bony core (that I had 

 expected to see) was thickly covered with soft new horny matter. These 

 Yiew horns appeared larger than the hollow portion of the horns just cast 

 an appearance due to the fact of their having pushed off the shed horns by 

 their growth. This long hair at the base of the horns (see illustration) 

 had concealed the separation that was taking place. As a proof that the 

 shedding of these horns was not the result of any disease or accident, I 

 may remark that whenever the hollow horn of any ruminant is broken or 

 torn from its bony support, a copious discharge of blood immediately 

 follows ; and the horn so removed is never replaced by any subsequent 

 growth. This remark applies equally to any injury done to the outer or 



