CHAPTER XX 



REMARKS ON SOME OF THE ANIMALS OF YUKON 

 TERRITORY 



THE preceding narrative records accurately the animal 

 life observed during my wanderings in Yukon Territory. 

 In this chapter I have assembled not only some of the 

 facts mentioned, but also those gained from other reliable 

 sources. 



SHEEP* 



The habits of all sheep on this continent, existing 

 north of the range of the Rocky Mountain sheep Ovis 

 canadensis, are the same except in so far as they are 

 slightly varied by local topographic and food conditions 

 and by the accumulation of snow on their ranges during 

 the winter. The environment and the climatic conditions 

 where they live are practically the same, their natural 

 enemies are the same, and they select and eat the same 

 food. All dwell above timber-line, and by nature are 

 timid and wild. 



Their body measurements, according to age and sex, 

 allowing for slight individual variations in size, are prac- 

 tically the same. 



The same statement applies to the size and character 

 of their horns. The first Stone sheep brought out from 



* The remarks in this chapter are preliminary to a fuller discussion of habits 

 in a future publication. 



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