SOME ANIMALS OF YUKON TERRITORY 325 



MOOSE 



Moose, except in localities where they have been 

 driven away from populous centres, exist throughout the 

 timbered regions of the Territory. They are most abun- 

 dant in the Selwyn Rockies, Pelly Mountains, and the 

 region of the upper Liard River. They are almost 

 equally abundant near the heads of the Donjek and 

 White Rivers. They are very abundant in the Ogil- 

 vies, and less so in the forested country of low relief. 

 I never heard of moose, caribou, sheep, or grizzly bears 

 existing within the humid belt of the coast ranges. 

 Moose have been seen at Log Cabin near the White Pass 

 Railroad. 



Their principal food is the willow. Notwithstanding 

 much skepticism, they sometimes eat grass. I have 

 killed moose when they were specially feeding on grass, 

 and have found quantities of it in their stomachs. Dur- 

 ing the summer and fall they feed much in the lakes. 



When their ranges are among high mountains, after 

 August, when the flies are gone, their favorite haunts are 

 near the heads of the draws. In winter their movements 

 depend mostly on the condition of the snow. In spring 

 and early summer they remain in the lower country 

 among lakes and near rivers. 



The rut begins in early September and ends in Octo- 

 ber. One or two calves at a birth are born in May or 

 early June. In the winter they do not yard. Often 

 from four to eight bulls feed together, though some bulls 

 remain solitary. The cows remain solitary with their 



