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OKDEKS OF MAMMALS— HOOFED ANIMALS 



the flesh is free from musky flavors, and very 

 good. 



One of the most important discoveries of the 

 expedition was the fact that the region visited 

 had once been inhabited by Eskimo, but their 

 kitchen-middens contained no remains of Musk- 

 Ox, from which, and from other evidence, Prof. 

 Nathorst concludes that the presence of that ani- 

 mal on the eastern coast of Greenland is due to 



ing Island, on the east coast of Greenland. Both 

 were purchased by the Duke of Bedford. 



In 1900, thirteen living specimens were capt- 

 ured on the eastern coast of Greenland, between 

 Latitude 70° and 74° and taken alive to Europe. 



One male in Woburn Park, England, owned 

 by the Duke of Bedford, survived until 1903. 



Of the specimens mentioned above, the follow- 

 ing were alive in December, 1903: 



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Reproduced by permission of A. G. Nathorst. 



WILD MUSK-OX HERD AT FRANZ JOSEPH FJORD, E. GREENLAND, 1S99. 

 The figure in the foreground is that, of Prof. Nathorst. Photographed by E. Nilson, Lat. 73° 30'. 



a southward migration along the coast which has 

 taken place since 1823.' 



A complete count of all the living Musk-Ox 

 specimens that thus far have reached Europe 

 and the United States should be entered here. 



In 1S99, a Swedish expedition carried to 

 Europe two male specimens captured on Claver- 



1 See Le Loup jiolaire el le Boeuf Musgue, par A . G. 

 Nathorst, Bulletin de la Societe Geograplhe, Paris. 

 1901. 



One male in the Copenhagan Zoological Gar- 

 den ; 



One male in the Berlin Zoological Garden; 



Three in Norrland, Sweden (one male and two 

 females), practically at liberty on pasture closely 

 resembling their Greenland home. 



Of the other specimens, five died in Antwerp 

 when very small, and three in Sweden, in wild 

 pastures. 



In March, 1902, the New York Zoological 



