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At the Junction, on May 27, Dixon was going quietly through the 

 poplar woods in search of birds when a cow moose suddenly burst 

 forth from a clump of alders some thirty yards away and charged 

 viciously upon him with mouth open and neck bristles all on end. 

 When she was within fifteen yards and still coming, he fired a load of 

 dust shot, whereupon she swerved to one side and went off through 

 the trees. A search of the bushes from which she had emerged dis- 

 closed a newly born calf, still unable to do more than totter about on 

 its long and very wobbly legs. 



Dixon 's observations upon this animal read in part as follows : 



When first found, on the very spot where it was born, the calf was not frightened 

 but came up to me, whining like a puppy dog. Later this low whine was found 

 to be a usual call note of the youngster. The moose characters of large ears, 

 overhanging nose, high shoulders, low rump, and long legs, were all conspicuous. 

 The face and particularly the ears, were much lighter colored than the body. 

 An incipient mane of black hairs showed as a narrow line from the back of the 

 head to a point just back of the shoulders. The metatarsal glands were con- 

 spicuously colored by a patch of whitish hairs covering an area one inch long 

 by one-half inch wide. The body was clothed with thick warm hair, plumbeous 

 at the basal half, then brown, and with a faint tipping of black. In walking 

 on level ground the young moose stood 30 inches high at the shoulder and 27 

 inches at the rump. The distance from the nose to the tip of the tail in life 

 was 30 inches. 



The sense of hearing was most keen, sight second, and smell last. A cracking 

 twig always startled her violently. The upper eyelid had eyelashes over an 

 inch long, which helped to keep the myriad mosquitoes out of the eyes. A 

 swarm of these bloodthirsty pests were sucking blood from the helpless youngster 

 when first discovered. 



In attempting to nibble grass the little moose knelt down on her front legs, 

 and in this position was able to bite o£E the tender grass with her eight sharp 

 lower incisors, well developed even in this 24 hour old calf. Attempts were 

 also made to nibble budding willow twigs. In lying down she knelt on her 

 front legs first, then the posterior was lowered and the long hind legs tucked 

 up under or to one side of the body. In getting up, the animal rose to its 

 knees on its front legs, and then the hind quarters were raised. By mid after- 

 noon the young moose followed me about the camp so that I had diflSculty in 

 keeping far enough away to use the camera. 



Rangifer osborni Allen. Cassiar Caribou 

 "We ourselves were at no time in caribou territory, and my only 

 reason for including the species here is to place on record information 

 received regarding the distribution of this animal. Telegraph Creek 

 is the outfitting place of hunters who visit the region each fall, and 

 many caribou are killed by them, but the mountains where the hunting 

 is usually done are reached by long pack trips to the northward and 

 eastward. 



