156 EVOLUTION AND DISEASE. 
case in which the normal male form was well reproduced ; 
but several were fertile and either with young when 
killed or had recently given birth to fawns. Such 
abnormal antlers appear to be always persistent and 
permanently covered with velvet. 
Outside the genus Capreolus (excepting, of course, the 
genus Kangifer, the females of which are normally fur- 
Fic. 83.—Head of a female Moose (Aces machiis), with antlers, 
nished with antlers) it is rare to find antlered females, 
In fig. 83 a drawing of the head of a female moose (A/ces 
machizs) is given with velvet-covered horns; for the details 
of this specimen I am indebted to Mr. H. E. Dresser :— 
“The female moose was shot by an Indian, on the Upper 
Musquash, and taken into Indian Town, St. John’s, N-Be 
where it was sold to a butcher ; I was then in charge of 
