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prominence through the sides shading up to it. 

 The moose of the Kenai has only very recently 

 been described by Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., of 

 the Biological Survey at Washington as Alces 

 gigas. He classifies it as being a larger and 

 more richly colored animal than the eastern 

 moose. In his description of " A new moose 

 from Alaska," he says : " The moose of Alaska 

 has long been known to be the largest of the 

 American deer, but hitherto it has not been 

 directly compared with true Alces americanus" 

 The color of the Alces gigas is not so dark or 

 rich as that of the Liard River moose, and when 

 we obtain specimens from other parts of the 

 North, from the centre of such great ranges as 

 that of the Liard or Koyukuk rivers, we will 

 likely find animals fully as large as those of the 

 Kenai Peninsula, but not wearing such large 

 antlers. 



I am thoroughly of the belief that the North 

 will produce a third variety of moose (and fourth 

 is not impossible) ; but only a careful and intelli- 

 gent study of these animals by one trained to 

 the work, with complete series of specimens and 

 full measurements and data, from the ranges 

 mentioned, can determine sufficiently their rela- 

 tive character, size, and habits ; and ultimately 

 decide the question of species. 



More is known of the antlers of the moose 



