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them by the government. These wolves are very fleet 

 and shrewd animals, and not many of them are caught 

 or killed. 



The cougar or mountain-lion of this state will not 

 attack a man, and when chased with a pack of hounds 

 quickly climbs a tree and is easily killed. 



Wild turkey are still quite abundant in some localities, 

 and are found more or less in all the mountainous por- 

 tions and in the foot-hills. 



In the high mountains, grouse and the mountain-quail 

 and ptarmigan are fairly abundant ; while in some of 

 the lower interior valleys, particularly in the southern 

 and southwestern portions of the territory, quail are 

 so plentiful as to be almost a nuisance to farmers. 



Duck and geese, which are migratory, appear in the 

 fall and spring, remaining for several weeks, stopping in 

 the ponds, reservoirs, and lakes along the streams ; in 

 some portions of the territory they remain throughout 

 the winter. Other migratory birds, such as snipe and 

 sand-hill crane, appear at the same time. 



