APPENDIX 



The following descriptive notes will enable the 

 reader to identify any of the North American big 

 game animals. The species and sub-species are listed, 

 with their technical names, and a brief reference to the 

 points wherein the sub-species or varieties differ from 

 the species. 



The various sub-species of deer, bear, sheep, and 

 other animals are comparatively unimportant to sports- 

 men. The big-game hunter will, however, often notice 

 that one animal differs from another which he sup- 

 posed the same, and the same animal often bears dif- 

 ferent names in different localities; these differences 

 are referred to in the following pages. 



I am indebted to the writers of valuable papers, 

 which have appeared in the Century, the Scribners, and 

 the Harper s Magazines, as well as those who have writ- 

 ten for the sportsmen's journals. I am under obliga- 

 tions to Roosevelt, Grinnell, Hornaday, Dodge, Caton, 

 Whitney, Madison Grant, Stone, Kidder, and many 

 others (whose works are cited in the text) for informa- 

 tion, which has made it possible to describe all the big 

 game animals, and their methods of capture, within 

 the limits of one volume. Mr. Shields, the editor of 

 Recreation, kindly permitted the use of the pictures of 

 the mountain goats and the big horns. I am indebted, 

 also, to Mr. Austin Corbin and to Mr. George S. Edgell 



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