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doubt, more variation in color as well as in size observed among 
our Moose than among the Eastern Elk. Some attain to enor- 
mous size, larger than any individuals found in the north of 
Europe, and some are black to a degree never met with among 
the others, while other smaller and lighter specimens are met 
with here not essentially differing from the average of those 
found in Europe. 
Scandinavian Elk. 
There is, too, an observable difference in the antlers, although 
in both the general characteristics are the same. The antlers are 
not much smaller on the Elk than on the Moose, in proportion to 
the size of the animal, but they are less palmated, that is, a less 
proportion of the volume of the antler is spread out in the 
palm, and a greater proportion devoted to the cylindrical parts. 
Besides the palms being less, relatively, the tines, set upon their 
borders, are larger and longer than on our variety. While this 
is true as a general rule, it is by no means universally so. I have 
