THE ANTLERS. 203 
The whole length of the left antler is thirteen inches; above 
the butt, two inches, the brow-tine is thrown off, which is six 
and a half inches long and not forked. Six inches above this, a 
posterior snag shoots off, which is two inches long. No broad 
palms are shown on these antlers. Both beams and tines are 
greatly compressed laterally, thickest in their middle and draw- 
ing quite regularly to edges each way. These are interesting 
for the entire absence of any palm, although the flattened form 
shows a strong tendency throughout to palmatation. Our au- 
thors and hunters seem to have equally overlooked the impor- 
tance of a careful study of the antlers of the female and the 
6. From Female Wild Reindeer from Lapland, 
7. From Male Wild Reindeer from Lapland. 
young male of this species, though the difference to me is very 
plain. These certainly bear a strong resemblance to the small 
pair in Dr. Gilpin’s collection, his description of which I will re- 
peat: ‘*I possess another pair of very small horns with one sim- 
ple brow-antler and but one tine, from a scarcely palmated 
horn. This last came from Labrador, and I think is a doe’s.” 
Now these are the only words of any author which I find, tend- 
ing to give the least idea of the antlers of the doe, except that 
they are much smaller than those of the buck. 
An examination of many specimens, especially from the Eu- 
ropean Reindeer, shows that the Doctor was undoubtedly correct 
in his conclusion that his specimen was from a female Caribou. 
Compare his description with the illustrations of the antlers of 
