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the Musquash estate, and hearing that a cow moose 

 with horns had been shot I at once drove over to St. 

 John's, saw the beast which was then unskinned and of 

 course I could not see that it was a cow, so I bought 

 the head for a trifle, skinned and stripped it This was 

 in November, 1859." 



We have authentic evidence of the occurrence of antlers 

 in female deer in roedeer (Capreolus caproea), Virginian 

 deer (Cariacus Virginianuin), moose (Alces machlis\ red 

 deer (Cervus elephas). The occurrence of antlered 

 females in other genera of deer is extremely rare. 



The existence of antlers in female deer is not, as far 

 as I can ascertain, necessarily associated with ovarian 

 disease or sterility. Again, hen birds which assume 

 cock plumage regularly moult ; female deer with antlers 

 do not shed them as is the case with the males which they 

 mimic. 



It may be useful to add a list of birds in which the 

 hen has been seen in male plumage : pheasants (com- 

 mon, golden, and silver), the common hen, pea-hen, 

 partridge, bustard, American pelican, wild and domestic 

 duck, cuckoo, cotinga or bell-bird, chaffinch, bunting. 



