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CONCERNING the disappearance of cast horns, the theory that stags retire to secluded spots, about the time for shedding their horns, mentioned by B. W. Barton in NATURE, vol. xxi. p. 325, may be perfectly correct where the animals have woods to go to, but this opinion cannot hold good with the thousands of reindeer that frequent the barren lands of the north-east part of America; yet it is rare to find on these “barrens” the shed horn of either buck or doe, although the latter drop their horns in May or June, when at or on their way to their far north summer quarters.
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RAE, J. Stags' Horns. Nature 21, 349 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/021349b0
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