. 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. THE ANTLERS. 199 Elk, procured in Berlin, which with those shown on page 195 and on the animal shown hereafter under the head " Congeners," will give a fair idea of the proportions of palm and tines of the antlers of that animal, and so they, may be compared with the several antlers of the Moose shown in the iUustrations. That on page 193 is
. 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. THE ANTLERS. 199 Elk, procured in Berlin, which with those shown on page 195 and on the animal shown hereafter under the head " Congeners," will give a fair idea of the proportions of palm and tines of the antlers of that animal, and so they, may be compared with the several antlers of the Moose shown in the iUustrations. That on page 193 is an extreme specimen, showing a greater proportion of palm than is usual with the Moose, and I have never seen any-. Swedish Elk, from Berlin. thing approaching it on the Scandinavian Elk. I think enough has been shown to verify the conclusion that the palm contains a larger proportion of the antler on the American variety than on the European variety. Still, for all this, they are speoificallj'- identical, as we shall hereafter see. We shall better understand the comparisons by next examin- ing the antlers of the Reindeer, which are the only other species whose antlers are decidedly palmate as a constant characteristic. Of the antlers of the Woodland Caribou, Dr. Gilpin, in the paper from which I have already quoted, says : " Both sexes have horns, the doe comparatively small, with great irregularity of. 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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