CONTENTS 



PTER 



I. Introduction 



II. The Value of Wild Life to the Nation . 



UTILIZATION OF NON-AGRICULTURAL LANDS. DEER AS A MEAT 

 SUPPLY. DEVELOPMENT OF NORTHWESTERN TERRITORIES. 

 BARREN-GROUND CARIBOU AS SOURCE OF MEAT AND CLOTH- 

 ING. RELATION OF NATIVES TO WILD LIFE. RECREATIVE 

 VALUE OF WILD LIFE. 



III. The Extermination of Wild Life .... 17 



MAIN CAUSES OF EXTERMINATION. DANGER IN NUMBERS. 

 THE VARIOUS ADVERSE FACTORS. 



IV. The Game Animals of Canada 26 



THE WAPITI, OR ELK. DEER. THE WHITE-TAILED DEER. THE 

 MULE DEER. COLUMBIAN BLACK-TAILED DEER. MOOSE. THE 

 BARREN-GROUND CARIBOU. THE WOODLAND CARIBOU AND 

 RELATED SPECIES. ANTELOPE. THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP. 

 THE BLACK MOUNTAIN SHEEP. DALL's MOUNTAIN SHEEP. 

 THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT. THE MUSK-OX. BEARS. THE 

 POLAR BEAR. GRIZZLY BEAR. THE BARREN-GROUND GRIZZLY 

 BEAR. BLACK BEAR. KERMODE's WHITE BEAR. PROTECTION 

 OF BEARS. 



V. The Buffalo or Bison (Its Present, Past, and 



Future) 113 



EARLY DISTRIBUTION IN CANADA. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE 

 BUFFALO. THE WILD OR WOOD BISON. THE PRESENT STATE 

 OF THE BUFFALO IN CANADA. THE FUTURE OP THE BUFFALO 

 IN CANADA. DOMESTICATION. CROSS-BREEDING WITH DO- 

 MESTIC CATTLE. 



VI. The Game Birds and Larger Non-Game Birds 



or Canada 143 



SWANS. GEESE. DUCKS. CRANES. SHORE-BIRDS, OR WAD- 

 ERS. BOB-WHITE, OR QUAIL. GROUSE. 



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