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of 
s °me other species of deer either normally or ocea- 
0 ° n ally exhibit rudiments of horns ; thus the female of 
~ r, Julus moschatm has “ bristly tufts, ending in a knob, 
« * lls ^ ea d of a horn ; ” and “ in most specimens of the 
^niale Wapiti (Cervus Canadensis ) there is a sharp 
° u y protuberance in the place of the horn .” 10 From 
‘h 
th, 
ese several considerations we may conclude that the 
^session of fairly well-developed horns by the female 
^iudeer, is due to the males having first acquired them 
j 8 w eapons for fighting with other males ; and secondarily 
0 their development from some unknown cause at an 
'usually early age in the males, and their consequent 
uusmission to both sexes. 
j -turning to the sheath-horned ruminants: with ante- 
' l’ Ca a graduated series can be formed, beginning with 
e species, the females of which are completely desti- 
te of horns — passing to those which have horns so 
Jail as to be almost rudimentary, as in Antilocapra 
^ erieana — to those which have fairly well-developed 
0 r as, but manifestly smaller and thinner than in the 
, aie , and sometimes of a different shape , 11 and ending 
those in which both sexes have horns of equal size. 
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with the reindeer, so with antelopes there exists a 
Ration between the period of the development of the 
° l 'us and their transmission to one or both sexes; it 
oh l . arl y transferred to the female; thus Mr. Boner, in speaking of an 
A. chamois (‘Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria,’ 
•ij ' 0 ’ 2nd edit. p. 863), says, “ not only was the head very male-look- 
ti n §, but along the hack there was a ridge of long hair, nsually to be 
“"nd only in bucks.” 
the Cervulus, Dr. Gray, ‘Catalogue of the Mammalia in 
•p tkh Museum,’ part iii. p. 320. On the Cervus Canadensis or Wapiti 
j/^don. j. Jj. Caton, ‘ Ottawa Acad, of Nat. Sciences,’ May, 1S6S. 
0 |, Dor instance the horns of the female Ant. Euchore resemble those 
< distinct species, viz. the Ant. Dorcas var. Corine, see Desmarest, 
la mmalogie,’ p. 455. 
