4 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



American types, have been named R. t. sibiricus and R. t. pearsoni. 

 Names have been given to numerous American local forms, some of 

 which tend to connect the barren-ground with the woodland type. The 

 Greenland caribou (R. t. grcenlandicus) is of the barren-ground type, 



Head of Newfoundland Reindeer. From Dr. J. A. Allen. 



but all the rest are nearer the woodland form. Among these, the 

 Newfoundland R. t. terrce-novce has antlers of a very complex type ; 

 R. t. montanus and R. t. osborni are mountain races, probably pass- 

 ing towards /?. /. stonci and R. t. granti of Southern Alaska, which 

 have somewhat longer antlers, and thus approach the barren-ground 

 type, although they are large animals. They are probably nearly 

 allied to the Siberian race. 



