WYOMING 



YOMING has an area of 93,883 

 square miles. The Rocky Moun- 

 tains cross the state from north- 

 west to southeast, and there arc 

 other ranges, making its general 

 surface bold and mountainous. 

 Much of the country is heavily 



timbered. The southwestern portion is well watered 

 and very fertile. The principal rivers arc the Yellow- 

 stone, Big Horn, and Powder. In the northwestern 

 corner is the great Yellowstone National Park, part of 

 it being in Montana. The climate is severe in the 

 mountains but mild in the valleys. 



Among the furred game of Wyoming are grizzly 

 bear, black and brown bear, wapiti or elk, black-tailed 

 and Virginia deer, cougar, lynx of the two varieties, 

 gray or timber-wolf, prairie-wolf or coyote, antelope, 

 bighorn or mountain-sheep, mountain-goat, jack-rabbit, 

 cottontail rabbit, otter, beaver, fisher, marten or 

 sable, and muskrat. 



Among the feathered game are grouse of several 

 varieties, including the ruffed, sage, pinnated, and 

 blue grouse, besides quail, plover, duck, geese, swan, 

 snipe, plover, and other migratory birds. But little 

 attention is paid to the game-birds on account of the 

 proximity to large game. 



W T apiti or elk frequent the mountains in warm 

 weather, coming down to the foot-hills and plains 



