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ity than Andrew J. Stone, no goat are found for a distance of 
over a hundred miles. Probably the local topography, of which 
we have no knowledge, will explain the absence of goat from 
this territory. No goat have yet been found north of the Yukon 
River. 
O.m.columbianus abounds along the coast ranges of British 
Columbia, and extends into Alaska, probably merging in the 
neighborhood of the Copper River into O. kennedyi, the western- 
most member of the genus. The extreme western record for 
goat is the Matanuska River, not far from the head of Cook 
Inlet. Horns from this locality, however, do not show the char- 
acteristics of Kennedy’s goat. No goat are reported in the vicinity 
of Mt. McKinley, but they are found along the Copper River for 
a considerable distance inland, and there is some evidence of their 
occurrence on the north side of Mt. St. Elias. It may be well 
to remark here that while O. keisedyi is a valid species, founded 
on abundant material, no living specimens have been seen by a 
white man so far as is known, nor have we any information con- 
cerning the limits of its distribution. O.m.columbianus is by far 
the largest and handsomest member of the genus, unless O. ken- 
nedyi proves on further investigation, to excel in these respects. 
It is, therefore, surprising that the great differences in size and 
other characteristics, which distinguish this type from the goat in 
the United States have not been previously recognized. 
The animals south of the Canadian border and still in the 
main range of the Rockies, upon comparison with the preceding 
types, were found to be much smaller, in fact the smallest of all 
the subspecies and were characterized by shorter but still rela- 
tively narrow skulls. The specimens of this type under consid- 
eration having been killed in the Bitter Root Mountains, the sub- 
specific name of O.m.missoule was given them by Dr. Allen. 
This is the fourth and last type to be described, although these 
animals from the Bitter Root Mountains were the first goat 
known to transcontinental explorers. This is the goat usually 
hunted by American sportsmen and its range probably extends 
from the southeastern limits of the genus in Montana and Idaho 
to the Canadian border, where like O. montanus it passes imper- 
ceptibly into O.m.columbianus. The extreme southerly limit of 
the goat in the Rockies is the Sawtooth Mountains and the Sal- 
mon River in Idaho. It does not reach the Tetons, in Wyoming, 
nor does it occur in the Yellowstone Park. The question of its 
absence in these localities will be discussed later in this paper. 
To sum up, the two American subspecies are smaller than their 
