50 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
MOOSE (Alces machlis). 
Season in Norway, Ist August to 31st September, subject to 
local modifications. 
Horns, weight about 60 lbs. Scandinavian, 5 feet 9 inches at 
shoulder (Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart.). HEIGHT, Canadian, 6 feet 
6 inches (General R. L. Dashwood). WEIGHT, 900 to 1400 lbs. 
Distribution—Northern Russia, Siberia, and Northern China; Scandi- 
navia, Eastern Prussia (Lithuania), Alaska, Montana, Nova Scotia, 
and New Brunswick. 
* Length | 
| Circumfer- | -): 5 
to longest] ~~. Vip to |Greatest/ Breadth goer . 
tine on in- as above Tip. width. jof Palm. Points. Habitat. Owner. 
side curve. eee 
a0 a ane Ses 61s ee Be Canada. | General R. L. Dashwood. 
=43 | 8h 40 59+ 144 | 13+14 | Manitoba . | G. H. M. Banks. 
423 | 10 BG 56 13t | 11+12 | N. America | T. W. Wood, Jun. 
| 
| 67 be te NovaScotia | Peter J. Cope. 
Ai 8 Bap oa 21? 27 Chesincook, | Col. Hoselton. 
M. E. 
—AI | ue 2 543 A 12+11 | Canada. | General R. L. Dashwood. 
—4I act = 65~ | 24 13+14 | Manitoba . | Otho Shaw. 
40 8 35 553 13 12+11 | Maine ; | J. S. Braithwaite. 
* Moose horns should be measured from burr through the centre of palm to highest point. 
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