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simple; sometimes forked; sometimes hanging from the jaw, 



and sometimes from a long blade-like dewlap, but always with- 

 out discernible scent-glands. I have 



squeezed and worked them with my 



hands on the living Moose and have 



been unable to discover any smell 



or signs of exudation, or indeed any 



specialization that would afford a hint 



of their purpose. No one yet has given |^^ 



any satisfactory explanation of this 



curious dangler. It is found on all 



Moose with little regard to age or sex, 



though usually largest in the young 



bull, the longest bell I ever heard of, 



however, was found on a cow Moose. 



Ordinarily it is 8 or lo inches long; 14 



inches would be exceptional for even 



a bull, but this one was j8 inches long^ 



exclusive of hair (Fig. 76). The Moose 



that wore it was shot by an Indian in 



Eastern Manitoba. He brought the 



head to Darbey's taxidermist shop 

 in Winnipeg. E. W. Darbey and 

 J. P. Turner, of Winnipeg, ex- 

 amined it critically in the flesh, and 

 vouch for the genuineness of this 

 extraordinary bell. Unfortunately, 

 the owner insisted on having it 

 mounted on a bull Moose head. 



Fred. Talcott, who made ex- 

 tended observations on a family 

 of Moose in Roger Williams Park, 

 Providence, R. I., writes:" 



"As the antlers increased the bell 



also increased until 13 or 14 inches long; and after the antlers 



were dropped, December ist, the bell decreased in length." 



" Forest and Stream, March 25, 1899, p. 224. 



Fig. 76 — Cow Moose bell, 38 inches long. 



From photograph by E. W. Darbey. 

 Specimen taken in Manitoba, 1903. 



Fig. 77- 



-Diagram of Moose bell, from old bull 

 in about tenth year. 



Dewlap 12 inches long, about half an inch thick, and 



354 inches deep. 



Bell of same thickness and character but 8 inches 



long. 



