4* 



Reindeer 



as to the structure of the feet, and I am compelled to rely on Dr. Allen's 

 notes as regards coloration. He states that instead of the narrow white 

 ring above the hoofs found in the woodland reindeer, the whole foot and 

 leg are white, with the exception of a tawny brown stripe running down 



the front of each, which narrows till it reaches 

 the lateral hoofs. There is no distinct white 



\Wk ring round the eye ; the amount of white on 



^^^/ the muzzle not stated. 



Contrasting the present with the wood- 

 V ' a,u ' race 5 "^' r Caton observes that the former 



^#1^ ^ as a ^ 00t simi ' ar ' v provided with coarse still' 



^L^T hairs, but the white is much more extended. 



Instead of being confined to a narrow band 

 surrounding the hoofs, while the leg is of a 

 nut-brown shade, the whole foot and leg are 

 white, except a tawny brown stripe extending 

 down the front of each leg, with white 

 hairs interspersed, diminishing in extent as it 

 proceeds downwards till it terminates in front 

 of the accessory hoofs. 



The antlers herewith figured are fair 

 average examples of those of this race ; a 

 much larger and still more characteristic pair 

 are now exhibited on the top of the front of 

 the reindeer case in the British Museum, but 

 as one of the bez and both of the brow-tines 

 are wanting, the specimen is not well adapted 

 for figuring. These antlers are much longer 

 Barren-Ground Reindeer. From a than any examples of the woodland reindeer, 



specimen in the British Museum. , . , , « • _ 11 .1 



and indeed this is very generally the case 

 with this form, although its bodily size is so much inferior to that of the 

 latter. 



Distribution. — The barren districts lying to the northward of the forest 

 zone in Arctic America, and extending to the confines of the Polar Sea. 



Habits. — The gregarious nature and long migrations of this reindeer 

 have been already alluded to under the head of the woodland race. 



Fig. 9. — Side view of Antlers of Male 



