102 THE SELOtTS COLLECTION. 



NEWFOUNDLAND CAKIBOU. 

 RANGIFEB TABAKDFS 



Rangifer terrsenovx, Bangs, Descript Newfoundland Caribou, Boston, 1896. 

 Rangifer tarandus terrsenovx, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. viii. 

 p. 235, 1896. 



Antlers massive and much palmated, with a large number of 

 points. General colour paler than in the following race. 



Among the heads in the Collection there is one (No. 19. 7. 15.482) 

 with exceptionally beautiful horns, bearing no less than 40 points ; 

 the measurements of this specimen are as follows : length on 

 outside curve 40^ ; circumference 8 ; greatest width inside 36| ; 

 spread from tip to tip 28|. Points 21 + 19. 



Typical locality, Newfoundland, to which Island the race is 

 confined. 



511 19.7.15.481. 2 November, 1900. Terra Nova Lake, New- 



foundland. 



512-515 19.7.15.482-485. September, 1901. St. John's Lake, 

 Newfoundland. 



516 19.7.15.486. 20 October, 1905. King George IV Lake, 



Newfoundland. 



517 19.7.15.487. 23 October, 1905. Lloyds Lake, Exploits 



River, Newfoundland. 



518 19. 7. 15. 488. 1 November, 1905. Mount Ramsay, Exploits 



River, Newfoundland. 



OSBOKN'S CARIBOU. 

 RANUIFEB TABAI^DUS OSBOENI. 



Rangifer osborni, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xvi. p. 149, 



figs. 1 and 2, 1902. 

 Rangifer tarandus osborni, Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 85, 1910 ; 



ed. 7, p. 85, 1914. 



Antlers rather of the Barren- Ground type, but considerably 

 greater in size ; general colour darker than in the Newfoundland 

 race. 



The following series contains some very fine heads, the best 

 being No. 19. 7. 15. 494 : length of horns on outside curve 57^ ; 



