TENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



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HE.\D OF YOUNG BULL MOOSE 



The sides and the superior aspect of the head and nose are dark 

 gray, ahnost black in color, and the back is marked by a central 

 band, 3 to 8 cm. in breadth, of slightly lighter, dark grizzly hair. 

 The external surfaces of the thighs and legs are dark, but the 

 internal surfaces of the extremities and the entire lower shanks 

 are grayish white, in sharp contrast to the dark sides. In general 

 the coloration is much darker than that of the Canadian moose 

 taken at any time of the year. 



The hair is coarse, but thick and well set over the sides ; it 

 averages from 4 to 6 cm. in length, while that over the hump meas- 

 ures 15.5 cm. 



The animal is characterized by its short barrel, pronounced 

 hump, and its generally less ponderous appearance as compared 

 with the eastern moose. Estimated weight, 400 to 500 pounds. 



The " bell " is long, cylindrical, and very dark in color. The 

 tail is short and the bone extends to its very end. The head is 

 proportionately less heavy than in the ordinary moose, and the 

 nose is distinctly less flat. 



The antlers are small and rudimentary. The right presents 

 only a two-pronged anterior extension, the anterior branch meas- 

 uring from tip to its insertion in the skull 34 cm., and the posterior, 

 similarlv measured, 33.5 cm. Both antlers present at their base 



