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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 Rangifer, the females of which are normally fur- 



FIG. 83. Head of a female Moose (Alces machlis], with antlers. 



nished with antlers) it is rare to find antlered females. 

 In fig. 83 a drawing of the head of a female moose (Alces 

 machlis) 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.B., 

 where it was sold to a butcher ; I was then in charge of 



