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This wary, yet curious animal, frequently taxes the 

 skill of the hunter to no little extent ; but an accu- 

 rately sighted rifle in the hands of a good shot brings 

 thousands of them, to bag annually. The mountain 

 sheep also exist in considerable numbers in this 

 State, but at the present time are protected like the 

 buffalo. Of the wolves there are two varieties — the 

 gray or timber wolf, the largest of its kind to be 

 found in America, is frequently found, and the 

 smaller variety known as the coyote, cowardly and 

 thievish, is to be found in great numbers and is fre- 

 quently shot from the ranchman's door or from his 

 camp. 



The bears of Colorado are of two varieties: first, 

 the brown, black, or cinnamon bear, which the natu- 

 ralist recognizes as one species. The color of this 

 bear is black or brownish, its variability in color 

 having given rise to the numerous nominal species, 

 but scientists declare that they are one and the 

 same. The second is the grizzly bear, or silver tip, 

 as it is often known among sportsmen, the largest 

 of the bear family, reaching a length of nine feet, 

 and sometimes exceeding eight hundred pounds in 

 weight. 



The cat family is well represented in the big game 

 of Colorado. First, the American panther, also known 

 by the name of cougar, puma, or mountain lion, an 



