The Moose 



295 



37 inches, tail, ij inches, femur to humerus, 20 J 

 inches, across chest, 4} inches, height at shoulders, 

 2>z inches, depth of body, 9J inches, height at 

 elbow, 21 inches. One secured by me on the 

 Kenai Peninsula, October 30, evidently just about 

 five months old, measured : length, 88 inches, tail, 



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Three - year - old female, 

 I.iard River 



Three - year - old male, 

 Mackenzie River . . . 



Adult male, Kenai Penin- 

 sula 



Adult male, Kenai Penin- 

 sula 



Adult male, Kenai Penin- 

 sula 



Adult male, Maine . . . . 



Inches 



38 



41 

 42 

 41 

 40 



Inches 

 29 



25 



35* 



25* 



37 

 32 



4 inches, femur to humerus, 54 inches, across 

 chest, 1 1 inches, height at shoulders, 67J inches, 

 height at elbow, 40 inches. It had grown in 

 five months 41 inches in length, 34J inches in 

 height, 6J inches in width of chest, and 19 inches 

 in length of foreleg below the elbow. A carefully 

 estimated weight of the five-months-old calf as 

 it stood alive was fully 600 pounds; the one a 

 week old about 65 pounds. Comparative meas- 

 urements prove, however, that the first season ex- 

 periences the most rapid growth. Comparing these 



