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iiLAi) di riii; c;o.\i .siioux (i\ iin. orrn.siii. iwci:.. 



striking characUT is iis almnst ])iirr wliitc coat. This coloring 

 is in perfect lianii<in\ witli an (.■nvironnicnt of snow fields, but in 

 some ])arts of its range it renders the animal unnecessarily con- 

 spicuous. I'ntil white men a])peared on the scene, it made very 

 little difference to the goat whether his enemies coukl see him or 

 not, as his home was beyond the reach of jiumas. wolves, and for 

 the most part of bears and until other game became scarce, the 

 Indians did not huiU this inaccessible ])eak-dweller too closely. 

 All the types of Urcaiiiiios are characterized b\ this white coat 

 and the onlv excejnion is the well authenticated occm-rence of 

 U'oat in the Selkirks of soutluiai I'.rilish Columbia, with a clearlv- 

 defined dark hmw n line extending aloug the center of the back 

 and lerminatiii!j' in ;ui almost black tail. This color \ariation 



