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418 represented in figs. 13 and 14, which are restorations based upon the antlers 15–17.

Definition.—The antler (fig. 15) of the four-year old possesses the following characters:—Beam (A C) rounded, straight, styliform, channelled; burr (A) oblique to long axis of beam; brow-tyne (B) round, and at rather less than right angles to beam; second tyne (D) round, straight, styliform, at right angles to beam, which is flattened at its point of origin; terminal point (C) rounded, styliform.

In fig. 16 of the five-year old these characters are repeated with slight modifications. The brow-tyne (B) is remarkably long and slender, and springs at a right angle. The third tyne (E) like the second, springs at right angles, but is suddenly reflected at a point 5⋅4 inches from the beam to terminate in a round point 7⋅8 inches from the obtuse angle of reflection in the figured specimens. These characters are presented by three antlers. In the antler of six years old (fig. 17) all the tynes spring at right angles to the beam, and the second (D), third (E), and fourth (F) are gently reflected, the curvature being the greatest in the fourth tyne. These characters are presented also by three other antlers.

It will be observed also that there is a progress in size in these three antlers figured, and that the tynes all spring from the upper and outer side of the beam. All also have been more or less crushed and flattened, but evidently belong to the round-antlered section of Deer.

Affinities.—The only antler capable of being compared with C. tetraceros is that of the Carjacou, or Cariacus virginianus. It is,