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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. kennedyi 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.missoulcz 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. montanns 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 



