THE ANTLERS. 199 
Elk, procured in Berlin, which with those shown on page 195 
and on the animal shown hereafter under the head “ Congeners,” 
will give a fair idea of the proportions of palm and tines of the 
antlers of that animal, and so they. may be compared with the 
several antlers of the Moose shown in the illustrations. That on 
page 193 is an extreme specimen, showing a greater proportion 
of palm than is usual with the Moose, and I have never seen any- 
thing approaching it on the Scandinavian Elk. I think enough 
has been shown to verify the conclusion that the palm contains 
a larger proportion of the antler on the American variety than 
on the European variety. Still, for-all this, they are specifically 
identical, as we shall hereafter see. 
We shall better understand the comparisons by next examin- 
ing the antlers of the Reindeer, which are the only other species 
whose antlers are decidedly palmate as a constant characteristic. 
Of the antlers of the Woodland Caribou, Dr. Gilpin, in the 
paper from which I have already quoted, says: ‘‘ Both sexes 
have horns, the doe comparatively small, with great irregularity of 
