. The antelope and deer of America : a comprehensive treatise upon the natural history, including the characteristics, habits, affinities, and capacity for domestication of the Antilocapra and Cervidae of North America . Pronghorn; Deer; Mammals. 200 THE DEER OF AMERICA. form. These horns are all regular in two or three typical forms. They have almost always one brow antler, broad and palmated over the eye, the other corresponding antler round. A second brow antler fronting forward, a few inches above this, and the main shaft of the horn turned forward, more or less palmated,. Male Caribou Ant
. The antelope and deer of America : a comprehensive treatise upon the natural history, including the characteristics, habits, affinities, and capacity for domestication of the Antilocapra and Cervidae of North America . Pronghorn; Deer; Mammals. 200 THE DEER OF AMERICA. form. These horns are all regular in two or three typical forms. They have almost always one brow antler, broad and palmated over the eye, the other corresponding antler round. A second brow antler fronting forward, a few inches above this, and the main shaft of the horn turned forward, more or less palmated,. Male Caribou Antlers. and with more or less tines, all coming from the back or convex surface of the horn. I possess a pair of horns in which the two brow antlers are symmetrical, resembling clasped hands over the forehead. I possess another pair of small horns, with one single brow antler, and but one tine from a scarcely palmated Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Caton, John Dean, 1812-1895. Boston : Houghton Mifflin
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