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belonged to the C. tarandus. or Rein-deer." '^' Dr. DeKay appends 

 a table of measurements which clearly indicates that the antler in 

 question was that of our common Elk, though he regarded it as per- 

 taining to the fossil Elk. He mentions another antler, of a younger 

 animal, which " was thrown out by a plow on Grand Isle," in Lake 

 Champlain, and deposited in the Museum of the University of 

 Vermont. 



Dr. C. C. Benton, of Ogdensburg, has several specimens, more or 

 less complete. The circumference of the largest at the burr is twelve 

 and one half inches; immediately below the burr ten inches. These 

 specimens were discovered at Steel's Corners in St. Lawrence County. 



Mr. Calvin V. Graves, of Boonville, N. Y., has two sections of 

 Elk horns that were "ploughed up in an old beaver meadow in 

 Diana," Lewis County. 



When the species was exterminated here is not known. Dr. 

 DeKay, writing in 1842, states: " The stag is still found in the State 

 of New York, but very sparingly, and will doubtless be extirpated 

 before many years. Mr. Beach, an intelligent hunter on the Raquet, 

 assured me that in 1836, he shot at a stag (or as he called it, an elk), 

 on the north branch of the Saranac. He had seen many of the horns, 

 and described this one as much larger than the biggest buck 

 (C virginiamts), with immense long and rounded horns, with many 

 short antlers. His account was confirmed by another hunter, 

 Vaughan, who killed a stag at nearly the same place. They are found 

 in the northwestern counties of Pennsylvania, and the adjoining 

 counties of New York. In 1834, I am informed by Mr. Philip 

 Church, a stag was killed at Bolivar, Allegany County. My inform- 

 ant saw the animal, and his description corresponds exactly with this 

 species." f 



* This specimen is probably ihe source of Professor Dana's statement . " Remains of the Rein- 

 deer have l)een found on Racket River," N;\v York (Dana's Geology, 2cl Ed., 1875, p. 568.) 

 I liave been unable to find a trustworthy record of the Reindeer or Caril)ou from this region. 



\ Z()t)lngy of New \'ork, Part I, Mammnlia, 1S42, ji 119. 



