ILLUSTRATIONS 



Wapiti Frontispiece 



PLATES 



TLATB FACING PAQB 



I. Canadian birds which have been exterminated within 



recent years and are now extinct 20 



II. Moose 46 



Woodland Caribou 46 



III. Barren-Ground Caribou 58 



Musk-Ox 58 



IV. Osborn's Mountain Caribou in the Rocky Mountains, 



about fifteen miles northwest of Mount Sir Alexander 62 



Herd of captive Musk-Oxen in New York Zoological Park 62 



V. A herd of Barren-Ground Caribou on shore of Carey Lake, 



Dubawnt River, Mackenzie District, N. W. T. . . . 66 



VI. Musk-Oxen on EUesmere Island 70 



VII. Rocky Mountain Sheep (Ovis canadensis) 76 



White Mountain Sheep {Ovis dalli) 76 



VIII. Illustrating distribution of Mountain Sheep in areas in- 

 dicated on the map 82 



IX. Polar Bear 102 



Black Bear, showing colour phases . . . . , . . 102 



Rocky Mountain Goat 102 



X. Buffalo bones photographed by Mr. Hugh Lumsden, 



C. E., August 9, 1890 114 



XI. Cree Indians impounding Bison 118 



Still-hunting Bison 118 



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