720 MR.A.D.BARTLETT ON THE AMERICAN PRONGBUCK. [ Nov. 28, 
Big... 
Horn, as shed. 
new horns were soft and covered with long, straight, smooth, and 
nearly white hairs, and that the bony core (that I had expected to 
see) was thickly covered with soft new horny matter. These new 
horns appeared larger than the hollow portion of the horns just cast 
Horn, just before it was shed, showing the new horn beneath. 
—an appearance due to the fact of their having pushed off the shed 
horns by their growth. The long hair at the base of the horns (see 
fig. 2) had concealed the separation that was taking place. 
