Bull. 1089, U 
FIG. 
-Reindeer in the Velvet. 
The spotted doe on the right is a well-shaped animal. "While not so desirable as animals uniformly 
colored, spotted reindeer are nearly normal in all but color, thus differing from the pure -white 
ones, which are obviously defective. On the left is an old female which has outlived her useful- 
ness. The unshed winter coat is a mark of diminished vitality and indicates that the animal 
should have been killed for meat the previous fall. (Photograph by Lomen.) 
Fig. 2. — White Reindeer. 
The characteristic dark pupil indicates that white reindeer are not true albinos. Lapp herders 
value a white animal here and there as an aid in locating the herd at a distance. 
