Index 



281 



Moose [A Ices], 120. 

 Mosquitoes in Barren Grounds, 44. 

 Moufflon, the, of Corsica, 182. 

 Mt. Evarts, sheep on, 273. 

 Mountain bison, 126, 135-136. 

 Mountain sheep [American bighorn, 

 Ovis canadensis'], 171- 

 226. 



Color, 179-180. 



Description, 179-183, 223-224. 

 Distribution, 176, 224. 

 Habitat, 199, 246-247. 

 Height, 224. 

 Hide, 179. 

 Horns, 223-225. 

 Hostility to goat, 233-237, 245- 



246. 



Keenness of sight, 219. 

 Lambs, 208-222. 

 Method of hunting, 197-199. 

 Range, 176, 224. 

 Rutting season, 184, 208. 

 Species and subdivisions, 180- 



182. 



Weight, 224. 

 White goat and, 233-237, 245- 



246. 

 White variety [Ovis dallt], 181, 



2OI. 



Munn, Henry Toke, 47. 

 Musk-ox of Barren Grounds [Ovi- 



bos moschatus], 17-106. 

 Action when attacked, 59-60, 73- 



75- 



Appearance, 73. 

 Calves, loo, 103, 130-131. 

 Dung of, 100. 

 Flesh, loo, 103. 

 Fur, 97-98, 104-105. 

 Genus, 75-80. 

 Herds of, 97. 

 Hides not valuable, 52. 

 Horns, 98-100, 104, 106. 

 Inaccessibility of, 50. 



Musk-ox \continucd~\ 



Method of hunting, 56-69. 



Origin (reputed), 70. 



Permit necessary for hunting, 51. 



Range, 76, 79-80, 85-94, 105. 



Size, 94, 105. 



Specimens (live), 103. 



National Park, Colorado, buffaloes 

 in, 1 1 7-1 1 8. See Yellow- 

 stone Park. 



Noonitagmiott Indians, 90. 



North Platte River, buffaloes on 

 tributaries of, 126. 



Olympic Range, white goat not 

 found in, 250. 



Ord, George, 259. 



Oreamnus montanus [Rocky Moun- 

 tain goat], 231, 259, 274. 



Oregon, absence of white goat from, 

 250. 



Ovibos bombifrons [Harlan's musk- 

 ox], 76, 85. 



Ovibos moschatus [Barren Ground 

 and Greenland type of 

 musk-ox], 76, 80, 82, 83, 

 104-105. 



Ovibos pearyi, 80. 



Ovibos "wardi, 76, 77, 79, 80, 82, 83, 

 104-105, 106. 



Ovis canadensis [American big- 

 horn], 180-181, 208, 223- 

 224. See Mountain sheep. 



Ovis canadensis auduboni, 181. 



Ovis canadensis dalli [Alaskan big- 

 horn], 176, 181 ., 223- 

 224, 226, 246. 



Ovis canadensis nelsoni [Californian 

 sheep], 223, 224. 



Ovis canadensis stonei, 223. 



Ovis canadensis typica [Rocky 

 Mountain sheep], 223, 

 259- 



