INDEX 



345 



origin and meaning of name, 67 ; 

 compared with deer, 68 : color, 68 ; 

 horns, 68-70 ; slaughter of, 69, 70 ; 

 preservation, 70, 327 ; range, 70-76, 

 326 ; shipment from Maine, 76 ; 

 habits, 76-79 ; open season, 76, 77 ; 

 "yards," 79; " calling, " 79-86 ; dan- 

 gerous when wounded, 86-88 ; hunt- 

 ing with jack, S8-92 ; guides, 92 ; 

 hunting in Rocky Mountains, 92. 93 ; 

 in Maine, 93, 94 ; shooting-grounds, 



327- 



Mossman, Mr. Frank, quoted on cou- 

 gars, 303, 305, 306 



Mount Rainier Park, 25 



Mountain caribou, Ra7igifer montanus , 



330 



Mountain-goat, Oreamus montanus, 

 167; range, 217, 218, 219, 227, 332 ; 

 description, 218, 226, 332 ; hunting, 

 219-224 ; salt-licks, 219, 220 ; flesh, 

 220 ; habits, 222, 226 ; extinction by 

 Indians, 220 ; increase, 225 



Mountain-lion, see cougar 



Muir, John, 25, 26, quoted on black- 

 tailed deer, 114-116; grizzly bear, 

 270, 274 ; black bear, 285 



Mule-deer, Odocoileus kemionus, 39 ; 

 extinction of, 31, 328 ; range, 44, 97- 

 99, 103, 106,328; size, etc., 95, 96; 

 use of dogs in hunting, 96, 97 ; food, 

 99; flesh, 99; pursuit of, 100-106, 

 107-109 ; antipathy to sheep, 109 ; 

 enemies, 109 ; rutting season, no ; 

 protection of, no, 328 ; description 

 of, 327 



Musk-sheep, see musk-ox 



Musk-ox, Ovidmoschatus^ifyj ; range, 

 168, 198, 199, 331 ; flesh, 169, 197, 

 198 ; lameness, 196, 197 ; difficulties 

 of hunting, 197, 199 ; description, 

 198, 3'i^ ; herds, 198 ; hunting, 199- 

 205 ; weapons and ammunition, 201 



Nelson, Mr. E. W., 209 

 Nelson's mountain sheep, Ovisnelsoiii.^ 

 332 



New Brunswick, abundance of cari- 

 bou, 159 



New York State Forest, Fish, and 

 Game Commission, report on ship- 

 ment of deer, 129, 145 



New York Zoological Park, 26 ; musk- 

 ox, 196 



Newfoundland caribou, Rangifer ter- 

 rcEno-oce, 153, 330; slaughter, 153, 

 155-157. 159 ; shooting-boxes, 158 



North Woods, 133 



Nova Scotia moose, 71 



Ocelot, 337 



Oketee Club, 124 



Oreas canna, 67 



Osborne caribou, Rangifer osborni, 



330 

 Ox family, Bovidcs, 6, 7, 167 ; species, 

 167, 331 ; extinction of, 168 ; preser- 

 vation of, 169 ; horns, 169 



Pacific-Union Club, 34 



Painter, see cougar 



Palmer, Dr. T. S., 70 



Panther, see cougar 



Parker, Mr., 292 



Peary's caribou, 330 



Peninsula bear, Ursus dalli gyas., 335 



Philmore, Charles, 130 



Pike, Mr. Warburton, quoted, 162-164, 

 201 



Pineland Club, 124 



Plains, immensity of, 239 



Pliny, 67 



Point Regis Sportsman's Club, 34 



Polar - bear, Thalarcto'i maretimus, 

 253 ; description, 278, 334 ; aquatic 

 nature, 278, 279 ; size, 279 ; food, 

 279 ; ferocity, 279-281 ; hunting, 

 280, 281 ; weight, 281 ; range, 334 



Preserves, 21-35 ; necessity for, 31, 32 



Priest River reserve, 25 



Prong-buck, 167, see antelope 



Prong-horned antelope, 167, see ante- 

 lope 



Puma, see cougar 



