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the mouth of the Umpqua Kiver in western Douglas County. On 

 March 30, 1925, State Game Warden A. E. Burghduff, writing to the 

 Biological Surey, reported these moose in excellent condition with in- 

 dications that the 3 cows would calve that spring. He said the moose 

 had not gone entirely wild but remained semidomesticated in the 

 vicinity where released and could be readily approached at any time. 

 They were seen daily by hunters and fishermen, and there seemed every 

 indication that the planting was proving a complete success. The 

 weight of the larger of the 2 bulls was then estimated at 1,000 pounds. 

 Under date of February 20, 1928, Jewett wrote that the most recent 

 report on the moose near the mouth of the Umpqua River was to 

 the effect that there were 2 cows and 1 bull of the original planting 

 from Alaska, 1 yearling born in 1926, and 3 calves born in 1927, 

 making a total of 7 animals. Of the original 5 head, 1 had been 

 killed by a railroad train and another, which became considerable 

 of a pest about the ranches and dooryards, had been wounded so 

 badly by a local gunner that it had died. In the game-census reports 

 of the Forest Service only 2 moose were reported on the Siuslaw 

 National Forest in 1929, against 9 in 1928, and 6 in 1927. In a letter 

 of February 2, 1931, Jewett says the Alaska moose of Oregon are 

 no more. The last bull was shot by a State deputy warden at 

 Tahkenitch Lake, in Douglas County, after it had been wounded and 

 blinded by a charge of bird shot by some local resident. 



ALCES AMERICANA SHIRASI NELSON 

 ROCKY MOUNTAIN MOOSE 



Alces americanus shirasi Nelson, Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc. 27 : 72, 1914. 



Type locality. Snake River, 4 miles south of the Yellowstone Park, Lincoln 

 County, Wyo. 



General characters. About the same size or slightly smaller and grayer than 

 typical Alces americana of eastern North America; head, neck, ears, and 

 legs especially grayish brown. 



Measurements. Type specimen, adult male: Total length, 2,540 mm; hind 

 foot, 762. 



Distribution and habitat. The Rocky Mountains from north- 

 western Wyoming and central Idaho northward to British Columbia. 



A published note by Dice, on the authority of Forest Ranger 

 Floyd Kendall, reports moose as formerly occurring in the Blue 

 Mountains but no longer found there (1919, p. 20). Probably the 

 nearest point at which they now occur is central Idaho, but there 

 are old records for the Salmon River and Payette Mountains in 

 central and western Idaho, and it would not be strange if at times 

 in their early abundance they occasionally extended across the Snake 

 River into the Blue Mountain country, which was well suited to 

 their needs. If so the form would undoubtedly be the same as the 

 Yellowstone Park moose. 



Other early records or any old horns or bones ever found in this 

 section should be carefully preserved and put on record as throwing 

 light on the original range of this important big-game species. 



