1902.] Allen, A New Caribou from Alaska Peninsula. 123 



limbs dark brown, sides lighter, posterior surface nearly white, forming 

 a narrow longitudinal stripe; hind legs similarly marked but less dark 

 on the outer surface; a narrow line of yellowish white borders the 

 hoofs of both fore and hind feet; tail white, with a dark band 

 continued from the back 

 through the white rump patch 

 onto its upper surface. 



Adult Female, end of Oc- 

 tober. Considerably lighter 

 throughout than the male, the 

 back and sides broccoli brown, 

 and the dark parts of the face 

 and the pectoral area lighter 

 than in the male. 



young. A six-months old 

 calf (female) has the general 

 coloration creamy white, 

 clearer white on the ventral 

 surface. The dark areas seen 

 in adults are veiled by the 

 long yellowish white tips of 

 the hairs, being barely indi- 

 cated as a darker shade show- 

 ing through the surface on the 

 legs, front of the head and over 

 the middle portion of the back. 

 In general color effect this 

 specimen closely resembles the 

 summer coat of the White 

 Sheep (Ovis dalli). It retains 

 its spike antlers, which are 

 still in the velvet, and are 

 black instead of grayish brown, 

 as are those of R. caribou and 

 R. terr&novcB at a correspond- 

 ing stage. 



A young male of the same 

 age resembles the young fe- 

 male except in being some- 

 what darker, with the incipient 

 dark areas more strongly out- 

 lined. These two young speci- 

 mens were with their mothers when killed and evidently were not 

 yet weaned, the udders of the old females being full of milk. 



The adult male above described as the type is the darkest of the 



Fig. 4. Rangifer granti. No. 17595, ? ad -i Alaska Penin- 

 sula. Andrew J. Stone Expedition. | nat. size. 



