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levels where the tourists could be on more intimate terms' with them. 

 Apparently they are hfildiiig their own and increasing somewhat, in 

 sjiite of the fact that coyotes prey upon them to- a considerable extent, 

 as is indicated by droppings alcjng the higher trails, which are com- 

 posed largely of goat wool and the hair of mountain sheep. As 

 goats are one of the greatest animal attractions in the park, their pro- 

 tection should be as complete as possible, and every care should bo 

 taken by visitors to avoid disturbing or frightening tliem. 



Family ANTILOCAPRID^: Prong-horned Antelope. 



Pkong-hoejvED Antelope: Antiloeapra amfrifmw cirnrrirrina 

 (Ord). — At the- present time there are no antelope in the Glacier 

 Park, and even back in 189.") there were said to be none there or on the 

 Blackfeet Indian Reservation, although they were, then connnon and 

 still are found to the east and south of this area. Their absence is 

 undoubtedly due to the persistent hunting which followed the disap- 

 pearance of the buffalo, as they must have ranged into the eastern 

 edge of the ^Dark in open strips of prairie, such as are found at the 

 lower end of St. Mary Lake and along the Swiftcurrent and Belly 

 Eivers. If a- buffalo pasture were inclosed in one of these warm, 

 open valleys, it would serve also as a suitable yearlong range to a few 

 of these rare and interesting animals. 



Family CERVID/E: Moose, Elk, and Deer. 



American ]\Ioose: Alces americanus- ajnericanits Jardine. — A few 

 moose are at ]3resent found along the east slope of the park in 

 densely wooded and swampy vallej's, such as those along Two Medi- 

 cine Creek, Eed Eagle Creek, Upper St. Mary River, upper Swift- 

 current Valle^y, and the branches of Belly River and the upper 

 AYaterton Valley, while on the west slope they are far more numerous 

 in the vallej's tributary to the North Fork of the Flathead River. In 

 the valleys above McDermott Lake, Ranger Gibb re])orts a cow and 

 calf and one bull moose during the summer of 1917, and says there 

 are a few in the valley on the South Fork of Belly River. In August 

 I saw one moose and a few tracks around the upper end of Glenn 

 Lake, on the North Fork of Belly River, and a few moose tracks 

 along the shores of McDonald Lake. J. E. Lewis tells me that in 

 July, 1917, an old bull moose swam across the lake in plain view 

 of the guests of the hotel. He says there are a large number of 

 moose on the west slope of the park north of Little St. Mary Creek 

 and all up through the North Fork Valley, but that they are rare in 

 the country south of Little St. Mary Creek, which is mainly elk 

 range. Ranger Gibb says that in winter considerable numbers 

 of moose yard near the mouth of Dutch Creek and on Camas Creek, 



