INDEX. 
A. 
Abnormal antlers on female deer, 232, 233. 
tines on antlers, 183, 220, 221. 
growths of antlers, 182, 183, 187, 
et seq., 225, 226. 
Acapulco Deer, 113, 121,-150, 168, 228, 
241, 250, 262, 263, 271, 296, 308, 312, et 
seq., 322, 338, 409. 
Alaska, Moose in, 72. 
Alce Alces, 69. 
Alces Americanus, 69. 
Alces malchis, 69. 
Albinos, 159, 160. 
Aliment of Antelope, 41. 
of the Cervid, 73, 83, 91, 208, 318, 
et seq. 
American Antelope, 19, 21: 
American Black Elk, 69. 
Amusements or play of the deer, 296, 
297, 301. 
Antelope, 17-21. 
Antelope, American, 19, 21. 
Antilocapra Americana, 18, 21. 
Antilocapra furcifer, 21. 
Antilope Americana, 21. 
Antilope anteflexa, 22. 
Antilope (Dicranoceros) palmata, 22. 
Antilope furcifer, 21. 
Antilope palmata, 21. 
Antlers, 17, 169, 193. 
Antlers of Acapulco Deer, 224, 228, et 
seq. 
Ceylon Deer, 229. 
Columbia Deer, 219, et seq. 
Common Deer, 103, 223. 
Barren-ground Caribou, 207, 208. 
European Elk, 194, 195, 198, 199. 
Moose, 193, et seq. 
Mule Deer, 219, et seq. 
Wapiti Deer, 211, et seq. 
Woodland Caribou, 199, et seq. 
Antlers of female Reindeer, 89, 202, 203, 
204, 209. 
of other female deer, 232, 233. 
not as large in parks as wild, 218. 
carried to spring on Wapiti, 219. 
are true bone, 169, 172. 
their constituents, 169., 
system of nutrition and mode of 
growth, 170, et seq. 
are deciduous, 170. 
blood circulating in, 174. 
not strictly solid, 175. 
grooves in surface of, 176. 
why branched, 230. 
Arteries of periosteum, 172, 173. 
not compressed by burr, 176. 
B. 
Baird, Prof., communication to by Can- 
field, 26. 
first notices want of tarsal gland 
in Wapiti Deer, 256. 
Barren-ground Caribou, 104, e¢ seq. 
antlers of, 204, et seq. 
a distinct species, 106, et seq. 
glands of, 254, 255, 365. 
hunting of, 366, et seq. 
venison of, 406. 
Bartlett, his paper on the Antelope, 26. 
Battle, mode of joining, 230. 
Beam of antler, 193. 
Bell of the Moose, 74. 
Bez-tine, 193. 
Bifurcated antlers alike on Mule Deer, and 
Black-tailed Deer, 219, 220. 
Black-tailed Columbia Deer, 96, 97, 98. 
Black-tailed Fallow Deer, 98. 
Black-tailed, or Mule Deer, 93. 
Black tuft on tail of Mule deer is persist- 
ent, 124. : 
Blood-vessels, system of, in antlers, 171, 
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