ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. iS-No. 2 



are standing on a snow-covered piece of 

 ground, the herd headed by a fine Bull. 



On a little raise of ground off from the 

 Caribou stands a herd of nine Deer. These 

 are the Mule Deer of the Rockies, and the 

 hertl is headed bv a magnificent Buck. This 

 group is most artistically arranged, showing 

 the animals in their natural positions as they 

 are seen in the mountains. 



ROCKY MCIUXI'AIN GO.ATS. 



From the group of Mule Deer the ground 

 rapidly rises until it goes to a craggy peak 

 of mountains. On this is a group of the 

 most remarkable animals of the North 

 American continent. The Rocky Mountain 

 Goat is here seen in his home. The peak 

 is surmounted by an old shaggy " Billie," 

 who stands guard on the toji of the rocks 

 while his family of si.\ Ewes and younger 

 Bucks are scattered in various positions over 

 the crags. The scene is most life-like and 

 gives a better idea of the habits of the 

 mysterious animals than any work on nat- 

 ural history that has ever been written. 



Between this high crag and another of sim- 



GRIZZLY BEAR. 



ilar nature to the south, is a \alley through 

 which runs a stream of water that finds an 

 outlet in a sink-hole near the centre of the 

 wing. Up this valley, or canon, two Bear, 

 immense grizzlies, are seen as if ready to de- 

 vour anv who has sulTicient temeritv to \ en- 



ture into their domain. There is not much 

 to a grizzly to make an exhibit out of, but 

 these two Bears are such ferocious looking 

 brutes that they attract attention at all times. 

 On the promontory of rock before spoken 

 of, to east of the canon where the Bears 

 find their home, is a group of Rocky Mount- 

 ain Sheep. These are the famous big horn 

 which the earlv travelers of the West wrote 

 so much about. This group of ten animals 

 represents one of the finest collections in the 

 whole world. The band is headed by an old 

 ram that is a veritable monster in size and is 

 perfect in color and shape. This leader stands 



ROCKY MOUN'IAIN SHEEP RAM. 



in plain view on the topmost crag and over- 

 looks, space, ever on guard against danger. 

 Below him, in various attitudes, are to be 

 seen the others of the band, and they are 

 found depicting the true positions of the ani- 

 mals as they were seen by the ]3rofessor in 

 the Cascade Mountains, where he brought 

 down numbers of them. 



Under the ledge of rocks at the bottom of 

 the craggy mountain on which are the Sheej) 

 is a mountain Lioness and her three \ery young 

 Cubs. The little animals, which are no larger 

 than half-grown kittens, are playing about 

 their mother while the old one looks as con- 

 tented as an old Cat that has been fed on a 

 good pan of milk. 



Just l)elow the Lioness and her young is 



