TEE MOUNTAIN GOAT. 



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still common in the less accessible summits along the uj^per 

 Missouri and Yellowstone rivers, as well as the mountains 

 of Wyoming and Montana. 



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In the same, though higher and more inaccessible situa- 

 tions, lives the rare mountain goat {A2}loceros montanus), 

 whose horns are jet-black and polished, slender and coni- 

 cal. It is found sparingly in the higher summits of the 



