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Under date of September 5, 1898, Dr Fred F. Drury, of Gouverneur, 
St Lawrence co., writes to Dr Frederick J. H. Merrill as tollows: 
««T have recently come into possession of a pair of elk horns, dug up on 
a farm about four miles from this village. They were accidentally dis- 
covered while digging out a spring hole in a pasture to provide water for 
cattle during the dry season. One horn is in perfect state of preser- 
vation, the other has been influenced somewhat by exposure, but not 
enough to in any way destroy the symmetry. ‘The perfect one measures 
from root to tip 39 inches, and biggest circumference 8% inches. ‘They 
each have five prongs, and when placed in approximate apposition have 
at widest point a spread of 34 inches opposite biggest prong.” 
Alce americanus Jardine J/oose 
1835 Alces americanus Jardine, Naturalists likrary, 13 (Mammalia: 
deer, antelopes, camels, etc.) 125 
1842 Cervus alces De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. p.115. 
1884 Alce americanus Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 2: 40. 
Type locality. astern Canada. 
Fauunal position. Canadian and transition zone. 
Distribution in New York. ‘The moose which once ranged throughout 
the state has been extinct in New York since the early sixties. 
Principal records. De Kay :—‘ They are yet numerous in the unsettled 
portions of the state, in the counties of Essex, Herkimer, Hamilton, 
Franklin, Lewis and Warren, and since the gradual removal of the 
Indians they are now (1841) believed to be on the increase” (’42, p. 117). 
Merriam: ‘It is not many years since the moose (Alce americanus) 
was a favorite object of pursuit in the Adirondacks, from which region it 
was exterminated as nearly as I can ascertain about the year 1861” 
(’84d, p. 40). ; 
Sciurus hudsonicus gymnicus Bangs Canadian red squirrel 
1842 Sciurus hudsonicus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. 
p. 61 (part). 
1884 Sciurus hudsonicus Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 2:111. 
1894 Sczurus hudsonicus J. A. Allen, Am. mus. nat. hist. Bul. 7 Nov. 
1894. 6:325. 
1899 Sciurus hudsonicus gymnicus Bangs, New England zool. club. Proc.’ 
2 Aga yt Weve, ssyoyoh 
Type locality. Greenville (near Moosehead lake), Maine. 
Faunal position, Canadian zone. 
