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Their food consists almost entirely of the young growth of 

 willow, the growth of the year. Willows are often found on 

 their " runways " which have been stripped of the young 

 growth year after year, until each limb ends in a cluster of 

 scores of clipped twigs, resembling a broom. 



The young are born about jNIay and remain with the parent 

 throughout the year. Twins often occur. 



Rangifer stonei. Stoxe's Caribou. 



This species will possibly be the first to disappear, as there 

 are only a very few left at present and they inhabit the easily 

 accessible tableland of the Kenai Peninsula. 



Rangifer granti. Grant's Caeibou. 



Previous to our securing specimens on the Alaska Pen- 

 insula, this caribou was new to science. It is quite common 

 there, but is being ruthlessly slaughtered for its flesh, and 

 will soon be exterminated in the more accessible localities. 



Fortunately, its range is very rugged and difficult to reach, 

 and isolated bands will no doubt thrive for many years to 

 come. Caribou are killed more extensively than any other 

 Alaska animal, and only the most stringent laws — and laws 

 that are enforced — will prevent their total extermination. 



Ovis dalli kenaiensis. Kekai White Sheep. 



Found very abundantl}^ on the Kenai Mountains at the 

 head of Sheep Creek. 



They inhabit the higher parts of the range, coming down 

 onl}" a few hundred feet for food, which consists of the short 

 coarse grass previously mentioned. They formerly ranged 

 over the entire mountain chain but are gradually bemg driven 

 to the eastward, where it is becoming more and more difficult 

 to secure them. Their extinction is but a matter of time. 



