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BIG GAME OF NORTH AMERICA 395 
quarters in consequence of man’s persecution. The pronghorn 
has, moreover, other enemies to contend against besides man 
and his Winchester, the great eagles of the North-West occa- 
sionally taking toll from the herds. An instance of this was 
seen by Mr. A. Pike in Colorado last year, when the buck, 
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A herd of pronghorns 
after dodging the eagle’s attacks for some time, escaped into 
some brush ; but such attacks are said by the plainsmen to be 
fairly frequent and often successful.. 
Mr. Rowland Ward gives 15} ins. as the length of the 
Jongest horn of the pronghorn within his knowledge. 
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Judge Caton, an authority upon the deer of his own country, 
dlescribes eight well-defined species as inhabiting the North 
4imerican continent. These are the wapiti (C. canadensis), 
