188 MAMMALIA. 



Horns. Sweden. Presented by the College of Surgeons. From 

 the Leverian Museum. Fig. Shaw, Mus. Lev. t. 8. 



Skeletons of male and female. From the Zoological Society's 

 Collection. 



Two skulls. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



Several pair of horns. 



Two single horns of young. 



Single horn. Udoholm, Sweden. Presented by the Earl of 

 Selkirk. 



ICON. 



American Moose Deer, drawing of horns in India ink, by S. 

 Parkinson. Bank. Icon. ined. B. M. Mammalia, t. 



Several naturalists, especially Colonel Hamilton Smith, thought 

 they had observed a difference in the horns of the Russian and 

 American Elks ; I "have compared numerous specimens from both 

 countries, but can discover no appreciable distinction between 

 them. 



The Elks, like most of the other Deer, and especially of the 

 animals which inhabit the cold and mountain regions, present a 

 very considerable difference in size, according to the scarcity or 

 abundance of the food which the locality they inhabit affords; 

 and the development of the horns appears to be greatly influ- 

 enced by this cause, so that the horns of the animal inhabiting 

 the more barren districts are much less developed than those 

 found in more fertile situations, and I think I have observed this 

 to be the case with both the Russian and the American horns ; 

 but on this head naturalists are likely to be much misled, as the 

 horns which are imported are generally chosen for their size and 

 perfect development, and the small and less-developed speci- 

 mens are only to be observed in the cargoes of horns which are 

 imported for economic purposes. 



These observations are equally applicable to the Rein Deer, 



2. Rangerine Deer or Reins. Horns with a large, basal, ante- 

 rior branch on the crown. Muzzle entirely hairy, without 

 any naked muffle. 



The Rangerine Deer, Gray, Ann. fy Mag. N. H. 1850; Knows- 



ley Menag. 



Catoglochis, sp., Bravard. 

 Rangiferinidse, J. Brookes, Mus. Cat. 61, 1828. 



1. TARANDUS. 

 The muzzle is entirely covered with hair. Crumen small, co- 



