ANTLERS OF THE CARIBOU 105 
of the viscera, with the conclusion that the live weight of the 
animal was 410 pounds. 
For their body size, Barren Ground Caribou have very 
large antlers. They sweep back so far, rise so high and spread 
so widely that they have the effect of magnifying the height 
and bulk of the wearer. As will be seen. by the following 
measurements, the antlers of the Barren Ground species are 
longer than those of the Woodland, but have fewer points 
and in most cases less palmation. In the series of plates of 
all species published by Mr. Madison Grant in his valuable 
paper on ‘The Caribou” (Report of the New York Zoological 
Society, 1902), one of the most striking differences between the 
two. groups is the tree-top appearance of all Woodland antlers, 
and the open, armchair effect of the Barren Ground types. 
MEASUREMENTS IN INCHES oF CariBou ANTLERS 
IN THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF HEADS AND HORNS, NEW YORK 
ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
LENGTH 
OF MAIN WIDEST 
BEAM SPREAD POINTS 
GREENLAND Carisou R. groenlandicus W. Greenland... 52 414 Qi 
HanEel GHeun R. arcticus...... N. Labrador.... 52144 4134 44 
CaRIBOU...... 
Prary CARIBOU...... R. pearyi.......Fllesmere Land. 41144 2714 24 
Grant CARIBOU...... R. granti....... Alaska Peninsula 62 50 Q1 
Kenai CarIBou...... R. stoneit....... Kenai Peninsula. 58144 3914 40 
Osnporn Cartsou.....R. osborni......Yukon Territory 624% 43144 34 
NEWFOUNDLAND | R. terraenovae...Newfoundland.. 51144 32 26 
CaRIBOU...... 
NEWEOUNDEAND | R. terraenovae.. . Newfoundland .. 50 4414 37 
CARIBOU...... 
Mountain Cartpou R. montanus ....S.Brit.Columbia 34 28% $1 
THe REINDEER InN ALASKA.—In 1887 Mr. Charles H. 
Townsend advised the Government! that it would be a very 
1“ The Cruise of the Corwin in 1885,” p. 88. 
