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Show OX A REINDHEK SKULL FllOM XOVAIA Z EM LI A. [Dec. 2, where he found the latter. He believes that in Novaia Zemlia, where they will probably ere long be exterminated, Reindeer do not lose the velvet from their antlers until about the time navigation closes, so that sportsmen from the south have no opportunity of shooting them in proper condition unless by Text-fig. 77. Skull and antlers of male Novaia Zemlian Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus pearsoni), from the type specimen in the possession of Mr. Pearson. wintering on the island. Mr. Pearson adds that in 1897 he saw on the east side of Novaia Zemlia one or two pairs of cast antlers with brow- and bez-tines nearly as large as those of the^type specimen. |