THE GAME ANIMALS OF CANADA 49 
Throughout the northern region of Ontario moose are 
plentiful, and appear to be maintaining their numbers. In 
certain good moose districts, such as the Port Arthur, Rainy 
River, and Thunder Bay regions, particularly in the Nipigon 
Forest Reserve, moose are not only very plentiful but are 
inereasing in numbers, and fine heads are annually secured. 
The opening up of new regions by the National Transconti- 
nental and Timiskaming and Northern Ontario Railways 
has resulted in a diminution of moose in certain districts, 
and increased vigilance in their protection is desirable in 
the regions now more easily accessible. In certain districts 
adjoining the Transcontinental Railway, where moose are 
fairly plentiful, many are killed during the winter and are 
made a source of meat for the settlements all winter. The 
meat is sold at prices usually varying from five to ten cents 
per pound, which is cheaper than other forms of meat. 
In Manitoba the chief game guardian reports that moose 
are plentiful in the north and northwestern portion of the 
province, and also in the east and southeast. Cows are 
said to be more numerous than bulls. During the last few 
springs a considerable number of moose have been found 
dead, their emaciated condition indicating food shortage. 
In addition, many of these animals were very severely in- 
fested with ticks. Specimens of these have been submitted 
to me and proved to be Dermacentor albipictus Packard. 
This species of tick was first discovered on moose, and there 
is little doubt that severe infestation of such ticks was re- 
sponsible for the death of numerous moose whose vitality 
had been reduced by shortage of food or other causes. 
The northern woods of Saskatchewan, west and north of 
Prince Albert, and stretching westward north of Battle- 
ford, are well supplied with moose, which is the chief game 
animal of the province. The latest reports appear to indi- 
cate that they are not so plentiful as formerly. For this 
reason the recent amendment of the provincial game laws, 
