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ZOOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY BULLETIN 



X umber JfO 



Published hij the Xezc York Zoological Society 



January, 191"2 



MR. MACKAY'S GREAT GIFT OF MOUNTED HEADS. 



FOR three long years, the promoters of the 

 National Collections of Heads and Horns 

 have steadilj' maintained the hope that some 

 good genius would present to that collection the 

 commandingly fine heads of wapiti and Amer- 

 ican bison of which it sorely stood in need. 



The Society has just received from Jlr. Clar- 

 ence H. Mackay a truly royal gift, consisting of 

 12 mounted heads of bull moose, from the 

 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 



10 mounted heads of bull elk^ from Wyom- 

 ing, and 

 !• mounted heads of bull American bison. 



'2Ci in all. 



This wonderful collection was brought together 

 l)_v Mr. Mackay in 1902, and in the winter of 

 the following year the moose heads were exhib- 

 ited at the establishment of C. G. Gunthers 

 Sons. Many New York sportsmen went there 

 to see them, and to admire. 



HEADS OF ALASKA MOOSE IN THE MACKAY COLLECTION. 



