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moose had a spread of 76^ inches, but in drying 

 the antlers shrank to 75 inches. The right antler 

 has 19 points, with palm 18 inches in width, and 

 beam 9 inches in circumference above the burr. 

 The left antler has 23 points, 21^ inches maximum 

 palmation, and io>^-inch circumference of beam.'° 



The Niedieck Antlers 



A head from the Kenai Peninsula, given to the 

 New York Zoological Society in 191 1 by Clarence 

 Ho Mackay, spreads 76 inches. This head has 

 13 + 15 points, and the palmation reaches 2i)4 

 inches in width. The circumference of beam 

 above burr is 10 inches. 



At the International Sportsmen's Exhibition 

 in Vienna in 19 10 the first prize for moose-heads 



^° The National Collection of Heads and Horns (N. Y., 1907), p. 48. 

 The so-called "National Collection" belongs to the New York Zoo- 

 logical Society, and is displayed in the offices of the Society at the 

 Bronx Park, but it is not open to the public. 



