3ull. 1089, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate IV. 



Fig. 1. — Reindeer in the Velvet. 



The spotted doe on the right is a well-shaped animaL \Miile not so desirable as animals iiniformly 

 colored, spotted reindeer are nearly normal in all but color, thus differing from the pure white 

 ones, which are obviously defective. On the left is an old female which has outUred her useful- 

 ness. The unshed winter coat is a mark of diminished vitality and indicates that the animal 

 should have been kUled for meat the previous faU. ^Photograph by Lomen.; 



Fig. 2. — White Reindeer. 



The characteristic dark pupil indicates that white reindeer are not tnie albinos. Lapp herders 

 value a white animal here and there as an aid in locating the herd at a distance. 



