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peculiarities. These are the extreme length of the tines on 

 the upper part of the main beam, and a peculiar structure of 

 the antler above the brow antler, which, taken alone, is not unlike 

 the antlers of the American deer (Odocoileus). This animal is 

 large, and by far the handsomest known species of the Barren 

 Ground group. Its relationship to the caribou of the north and 

 east cannot be determined until a full series of specimens is 

 obtained. 



Of the Barren Ground Caribou group there remains to be 

 considered those of Labrador ; but the caribou of the barren 

 grounds to the east of the Coppermine River and north of Ches- 

 terfield Inlet need careful investigation, as do those of South- 

 ampton Island. 



We are indebted to Mr. A. P. Low, the Canadian explorer, 

 for most of the knowledge we possess of the interior of the 

 Peninsula of Labrador, which includes one of the largest unex- 

 plored areas on the globe. Air. Low states that there are three 

 distinct herds of Barren Ground Caribou on the barren and 

 semi-barren lands of the peninsula. These herds frequent the 

 coast of Hudson Straits, Ungava Bay, and the Atlantic coast as 

 far south as Hamilton Inlet. On the Hudson Bay coast they 

 are found only at present in small numbers to the north of Whale 

 River, about the 54th parallel, and are being rapidly extermi- 

 nated by the Indians. It is probable that the Barren Ground 

 Caribou of Labrador occupy at times the same area in the interior 

 as the Woodland Caribou {Raiigifcr caribou). 



An interesting question here arises as to whether the caribou 

 of northern Labrador and those of Baffin Land are identical, and 

 as to the possibility of crossing Hudson Straits, which lie be- 

 tween. Inasmuch as the Straits of Belle Isle appear to interpose 

 a barrier sufficient to prevent the intermingling of the New- 

 foundland and mainland species, and as Hudson Straits are very 

 much wider, and the probability of an ice bridge far more remote, 

 it would seem that the two groups have been separated for a 

 long period of time. It is highly probable, therefore, that future 

 investigations will develop some distinctive features between the 

 Labrador animals and those of Baffin Land and show a close 

 relationship between the latter and the caribou of Ellesmere Land. 



Mr. Arthur Moore, of X^ew York, led an expedition into the 

 Hudson Bay region during the summer of 1901 and obtained 



