182 FRANK forester's FIELD SPORTS. 



of a dun and white color, and its hair was remarkably soft. 

 The Indians take this animal hy exciting its curiosity; for thia 

 purpose they conceal themselves in a bush, near its hunting 

 grounds, and, making a rustling noise, soon attract its attention, 

 when it is led to advance towards the jDlace of concealment, 

 until the arrow pierces it. 



" If there are others in company, they will frequently remain 

 with the wounded, until they are all in like manner destroyed. 



" This species of Antelope, according to the hunters, only in- 

 habit the prairie, being seldom seen even in the open wooded 

 country. The flavor of the meat was thought to be superior to 

 that of the Deer." — United States Eirploring Expedition, Lieut. 

 Wilkes. 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT. 



CAPRA MONTANA. 



Ovis Montana ; Ord. Guthrie^ s Geography, Philad. edit., 292- 

 309; ibid. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sciences, part i., p. 8. Rupi- 

 capra Americana ; Blainville. Antilope Americana ; ibid. Bul- 

 let, de la Societe Philomathique, p. 80. Antilope Lanigera ; 

 Smith, Trans. Liinnaan Society, xiii. Commonly called RocJcy 

 Mountain Sheep. 



" This animal, concermng which very little is known, is stated 

 by Major Long, in his communication to the Philadelphia Agri- 

 cultural Society, to inhabit the portion of the Rocky Mountains, 

 situate between the forty-eighth and sixty-eighth parallels of 

 north latitude. By Lewis and Clarke it was observed as low 

 as forty-five degrees north. They are in great numbers about 

 the head waters of the north fork of Columbia River, ^\ here 

 they furnish a principal part of the food of the natives. They 

 also inhabit the country about the sources of Marais, or Muddy 

 River, the Saskatchewan, and Athabasca. They are more nu- 

 merous on the western than on the eastern slope of the Rocky 



