2 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



of long white hair covering a gland on the hock, but none on the hind 

 cannon-bone. Height at shoulder reaching to 4 feet 10 inches (New- 

 foundland) ; weight of a full-grown Scandinavian stag 30 stone, clean 

 (Abel Chapman) ; antlers average about 30 lbs. per pair. 



Reindeer inhabit the circumpolar regions of both hemispheres, in 

 Europe including Scandinavia, Lapland, and Northern Russia ; their 



Antlers of Male Woodland Reindeer from Nova Scotia. 

 From a specimen in the British Museum. 



southern limit varies from 52" to 54° N. latitude, while they extend 

 to between 80° and 81' northwards. 



Six varieties, or local races, of reindeer are recognised: (i) the 

 Scandinavian reindeer {R. tarandus typims) of Northern Europe and 

 Asia, which is a rather small animal with moderately expanded antlers ■ 

 (2) the Spitzbergen reindeer {R. tarandus spetzbergensis), characterised 

 by the peculiar form of the nasal bones of the skull ; (3) the woodland 



