MOOSE CONSERVATION IN MAINE 111 
OOD ewes oeeie tlekesg elect pees Te id weceecie nen. d eae os 166 
LO yk AGE PLANES ELRGWE Se SoS Wa ee baa eee 210 
OL EK AGEE na SAGA Aer eseee Rhee uvutee tae snes 259 
Deke iah epee ci ine eNAl daegsa- tie aim he Weds SS aou Eade les 244 
In comparison with the above figures the following records 
for the past five years (1909 to 1913 inclusive), kindly sup- 
plied by the Maine Commissioners of Fisheries and Game, 
will serve to show the well-balanced condition of Moose con- 
servation in Maine: 
MOOSE KILLED, AS MOOSE ACTUALLY 
REPORTED BY GUIDES SUIPPED BY RAIL 
Tn 1909s eee eee eee dees 239 sc. eee hes yer sew ee .... 184 
FF LOUD es earch uae apediae aut DOM Gi ttc ofl nea aki! “Baggett a 225 
Pe VOM Varna a eh 8 Sik acs BOB wipe SM aspeactcn Bin Hah eh ucke 301 
PF MOT tate detec wa eects d TAS ba dicgs wan Lee Rees 139 
Pe LOU cl aiceiite nih 0 We eRe tata LVS 2s tn Anew Beye, Fg 92 
It is a satisfaction to know that for twenty years the 
Moose supply of Maine has held out practically unchanged. 
That state, with New Brunswick, seems destined to furnish 
legitimate Moose hunting—of males only, and only one per 
year for each hunter—for an indefinite period. 
The young of the Moose—always spoken of as a “calf,” 
its mother being called a “‘cow’”—is born in May, and at 
first is a very grotesque-looking creature. Its enormously 
long, loose-jointed legs are attached to an abnormally short 
and diminutive body. The neck is so short that the creature 
cannot put its nose to the ground without kneeling. Its 
hair is woolly and brick red, or “‘sandy,” like that of a buffalo 
calf. 
A Moose calf which I once owned and measured when 
seven weeks old, had the following dimensions: 
