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and in the more sweeping curve of antlers in the Barren 

 Ground species. 



The average weight of the full-grown Barren Ground 

 caribou bull I should say would be somewhere between 

 1 50 and 200 pounds, possibly a little less of course I had 

 no scales whereas the woodland bull would probably av- 

 erage about 100 pounds 

 heavier. The same rel- 

 ative difference would 

 be evident in the cows 

 of both species. 



The difference in col- 

 or is especially notice- 

 able in the young and 

 in the female, which are 

 very light, almost a yel- 

 lowish white, in the 

 Barren Grounds. James 

 McKinley,of Fort Smith, 

 once killed an albino 

 Barren Ground cow. 



The woodland is much 

 darker in color, espe- 

 cially in the markings 

 on the neck and belly. 



The antlers of the Barren Ground caribou are longer, 

 slenderer, and curve back over the shoulders in a longer 

 sweep than the woodland caribou. They are not so heavy 

 in beam, nor are the palmations so large. 



The hoofs of both animals seem to be about the same, 

 as far as I could judge, and very much concaved, and with 

 their sharp knife-like edges are peculiarly adapted for run- 

 ning in the snow or on the lakes. They are the only 

 animal in existence, I believe, whose back or accessory 



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