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!! '] ill-l t!i''\ \\ ill CiilltinUe t< <lo NO AH long JUS till')' 



H flock left. K.-.'ii ^p,.i-tsiiien wen- among tin- first t<> e\p|on- 

 this region, when it wa.s opened for settlement l.y tin- Imilding 

 ilway. t'..r right w.-ll they guessed what royal fields 

 B then- for tli-- gun. 



I there is l.ig game also iii pli-nty. Tin- Initfalo IB nearly 

 I'xtinct 'tis ti-iii-. l.ut tli.- ^iant moose, kin^ of th.- .li-i-r tribe, 

 y.-t liainit.s -v.-ry part of th- country win-re a proper amount 

 of I r :i In- t'oun-1. Th.- .-Ik. carilMMi. jumping l-.-r CMHI- 



nion ilt-cr. pron^-horn ant-lop-, lihu-k ami l>ro\vn bears, grey 

 wolf. lynx, royot wolv.-rine, beaver, anl s.-vn-al other 



animals valur.l for tln-ir furs, arc \vt to be fotiml in niiini 

 and tint-r vari.-ty of ^aiin- than these, sportsmen cannot ask 

 for. 



l!\it tin- aina/in^ variety is the fi-atln-i-fil game. No 



than s,-\-,. n species of groiis.- may IK- killt-<l. incluliug the 

 jn-airif chicki-n Canada grouse, dusky gnuis... pintail grouse, 

 rutfr.l Broils.-, ptiirmi^an, and willow ptarmigan. 



Anion^r the water-fowl an- th.- trump.-t.-r and whistling 

 -U.IM-. tin- Canada goose, Ross's goose, lesser snow goose and 

 lu-ant : th.- mallard, canvas-back, redhead, ruddy duck, pintail. 

 WCMH! .luck, American widgeon, grn-n-win^.-d and 

 t.-al. shov.-ll.-r. ^old.-n-.-yc, l.uhMc-h.-ad and rin^- 

 n.-ck.-d duck . added to these are the curlew, golden pi 

 avocet. snipe, gtxlwits. kildeer, liartram's san<ljiip.-r. and nuui.-r- 



i id waders of leaser importance. About every 



marshy l>it. the l.itt.-rn. herons and rails will l.e found, and in 

 addition to thes,> an- hundreds of white pelicans, little l.rown 



1'raiiklins I { mapartt's. herring and ring-hilled ^ulls ; 

 common, Foster's, and Mack terns, which an- found in the I. 

 and sloughs, while amongst the rushes 1 ordering tin- lak.-s and 

 pools may IH,> found nesting hundreds of yellow-headed Klack- 



!in^, rusty Crackle, and marsh wi 

 In the Mutfs. where the trees are large enough to hold the 



MV le fotind l.reedin^. the great-horned owl, long-eared 

 ami hawk owl. the rough-lagged, re. hail, and Swains,, us l>u/.- 

 zards, the goshawk, pigeon, sharp-shinm-d and sparrow hawks, 



