THE CARIBOU 
same variations of individuals of light and dark horns, and I can show 
pictures of examples from both which bear this out. 
Tarandus rangifer montanus (Thompson-Seton). This variety of the reindeer 
was first described by Mr E. Thompson-Seton in 1899, the type specimen 
coming from the Selkirk range in British Columbia. It inhabits the moun- 
tains of Kootenay, Fort George and Southern British Columbia, and is also 
found in Alberta, North Montana, Idaho and Washington. Northwards it 
probably merges in the Itcha Mountains and Chilcotin into T. r. osborni, 
which is doubtless an improved variety of the same. Nearly all the speci- 
mens of this race are very dark, especially on the upper parts of the body, 
the neck and under parts being lighter ; but I have a sketch of one in the 
Natural History Museum at Victoria, which was killed at Bella Coola, 
British Columbia, which has a very light grey belly and a black lateral 
stripe similar to European reindeer. These aberrant types or reversions 
to a former one seem to occur in nearly all local races. There is very little 
white in the anal region of this and Osborn’s caribou, and the legs are 
almost black, with hocks often pale grey or almost white. Professor J. A. 
Allen, in describing the relations of T. r. montanus and T. r. osborni , says 
that “the specimens of R. montanus are without measurements, but the 
species is apparently about the same size as R. osborni , as shown by the 
measurements of the skull.” This is not, however, the case, for those in the 
Victoria Museum and in Sir Peter Walker’s collection are much smaller 
animals than those from Cassiar. 
In the original description of this sub-species it is said that the hinds 
are much darker than the stags, especially in the neck and shoulders, 
but have the light ring above the hoofs, and the nose and edges of the lips, 
pure white instead of grey. This, however, I have not found, for both males 
and females are as often as not grey on the nose and edges of the lips, and 
in general colour I cannot see that T. r. montanus differs in the least 
from T. r. osborni. 
The Queen Charlotte Islands caribou, T. r. dawsoni (Merriam). A 
reindeer of small size and with absence of, or indistinct, colour markings. 
Throat mane weakly developed. Imperfectly developed antlers. The colora- 
tion is very uniform and pale throughout, the general tint being a dull 
drab. Top of head pure white, nose pad to horns, pale drab chocolate; 
shoulders, upper half of back to tail and outer sides of thighs, drab; 
flanks, greyish with indication of dark horizontal band below; fronts 
and outer sides of legs and thighs paler and melting into greyish white 
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