5 8 BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA . chap. 



Sea coasts is a matter for conjecture, and I may even go so 

 far as to say that it is hard to define where such forms as 

 Ursus dalligyas and Ursus kidderi begin and end respectively, 

 since there is at present nothing to show that all the Alaskan 



Bkown Bear Skull No. 6. 



brown bears do not interbreed in the districts where they 

 merge with each other. 



Moose 



Turning next to the Cervidse, we find most conspicuous 

 for its enormous size the moose of Alaska. 



This species is known as Alces gigas, and is acknowledged 



