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right, g% inches left. They are lacking in symmetry, the 

 right antler being distinctly inferior to the left; and some of 

 the prongs project curiously from the lower side of the blades. 

 The blunt points on the portions of the blades remote from 

 the head indicate old age, the blood vessels in the "velvet" 

 having dried before the antlers had attained full development. 



Nova Scotia. — J. A. Knight, K. C, Chief Game Commis- 

 sioner, writing of the best moose-heads which have been se- 

 cured in Nova Scotia, and which have come to his knowledge, 

 mentioned one taken near Quinan, Yarmouth County, October 

 19, 19 1 6, by Joseph Pictou, an Indian. These antlers spread 

 643/2 inches, and had 34 points. Mr. Knight was unable to 

 obtain further particulars of this head, or a photograph of it. 

 In the office of the Chief Game Commissioner in Halifax is 

 the head of a moose shot near Trafalgar, Guysboro County, 

 in 1 9 10, by L. G. Ferguson of Westville, which has a spread 

 of 59 inches, with 34 points. The breadth of blade of these 

 antlers is 14^ inches right, 13^ inches left; circumference 

 of beam, 7^ inches right, 7^ inches left. (See illustration, 

 page 222.). 



The different types of antlers here described are not char- 

 acteristic especially of the sections where they were taken. The 

 male progeny of any given moose, however, has a tendency 

 to inherit the antler characteristics of his sire. The peculiari- 

 ties are therefore individual, and are determineo in a measure 

 hy heredity, but indicate no difference of species, or of habitat. 



