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Index 



Blacktail 



Bounding movement, 77. 



Columbia blacktail, see that title. 



Mule-deer of the Pacific coast, 

 see that title. 



Rocky Mountain blacktail, see 



Mule-deer. 



Bolson de Mapimi mule-deer hunt- 

 ing, 193- 

 British Columbia 



Caribou species, 285. 



Elk hunting, 172. 



Moose ranges, 294, 302. 

 Bronx Zoological Garden 



Antelope, tameness,etc., 108-109. 



Wapiti and whitetail breeding, 6 1 . 

 Buffalo 



Extinction of, 16, 17. 



Name, origin of, 3, 7. 

 Butchery of game, 18, 20-22, 25, 

 230-231, 271-273. 



Cactus food of mule-deer, 192-194, 

 California 



Chaparral, 199, 227. 



Deer ranges, 226, 227, 256. 



Elk 



Decrease, 166, 171, 172, 187. 

 Size of, 190. 

 Mule-deer, 194, 195, 196, 197, 



226. 

 Canada 



Moose ranges in Lower Canada, 



292, 298, 307. 

 Mule-deer ranges, 30. 

 Caribou 



Antlers, 259, 260, 263, 279-280, 



284. 



Appearance, 259-260. 

 Barren-ground caribou, see that 



title. 



Habits, 261. 

 Range, 6, 259. 



Species, distinction between, 259, 

 261, 280-287. 



Caribou [continued] 



Woodland caribou, see that title. 

 Cascades 



Deer ranges, 227, 229, 237. 

 Elk hunting, 184, 187. 

 Cassiar Mountains moose range, 



294, 302. 



Caton, Judge deer's vision, opin- 

 ion, 1 02. 



Chaparral of California, 199, 227. 

 Coast blacktail, see Mule-deer of 



the Pacific coast. 

 Coast Range 



Blacktail range, 229, 236, 241. 

 Elk decrease, 170, 171, 174, 



187. 

 Colorado 



Extermination of deer compared, 



101. 



Mule-deer habits, 38-42. 

 Preservation of game, 22, 31, 32, 



63- 



Pronghorn range, 103. 

 Wapiti range, 133, 134, 146. 

 Columbia blacktail 

 Antlers, 254. 



Bouncing movement, 247-248. 

 Breeding, 251-252. 

 Compared with Virginia and 



mule-deer, 253-256. 

 Description, tail, horns, etc., 226, 



253-256. 

 Food, 231, 232. 

 Habits, 233. 

 Hunting, difficulties, etc., 235- 



253- 

 Dogs trained to point deer, 



241. 



Hounding, 244-245. 

 Skulking in brush, 240, 241. 

 Still-hunting, 241-245. 

 Tracking, 233-234, 252-253. 

 Keenness of senses scent of 



man, 237-239. 

 Migration, 229-230, 251. 



