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scattered thinly and at long intervals throughout British 

 Columbia and Alaska as far as the head of Cook Inlet, as 

 shown on the accompanying map. 



Up to the year 1903, only four white goats had ever been 

 exhibited alive in the United States east of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. In 1905 five living specimens were procured at Fort 

 Steele, B. C, and taken to the New York Zoological Park, 

 where they throve remarkably well. They bred and reared 

 their young (for the first time in captivity); and ever since 

 1905 a herd of these odd animals has been maintained in the 

 park mentioned. 



PRONG-HORNED ANTELOPE FAMILY 



Antilocapridae 



This unique Family, of one species and one subspecies, 

 must not be confused or in any way connected with the large 

 and important group of African antelopes, which contains a 

 grand array of animals of all sizes, many of them odd and 

 many of them noted for their beauty. The student who has 

 a special liking for the large hoofed animals surely will find 

 pleasure in making the acquaintance of such superb creatures 

 as the sable antelope, the koodoo, the water-buck, the eland, 

 the oryx, the gnu, the pallah and the hartebeest of Africa. 

 We have reason to envy Africa her exclusive possession of all 

 those fine creatures, not to mention her other hoofed ani- 

 mals, great and small. 



The Proxg-Horxed Axtelope 1 is found only in North 

 America, and it possesses so many anatomical peculiarities, 



1 An-ti-lo-cap'ra americana. 



