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Another buffalo who was most certainly a 

 celebrity was Montana, the largest buffalo 

 ever measured by a Naturalist, and which was 

 shot by Mr. William T. Hornaday on Decem- 

 ber, 6th, 1886, in Montana, and mounted by 

 him for the United States National Museum. 

 This huge animal, which was an old bull, 

 is now the prominent figure in a large group 

 in that Museum and attracts a great deal of 

 attention. I have no doubt his exact di- 

 mensions will be found interesting to many. 

 They are as follows: ft . 



Height at shoulders 5 8 



Length of head and body, to root \ 



of tail 10 2 



Depth of chest 3 10 



Girth, behind forelegs 8 4 



Circumference of muzzle, behind 



nostrils 2 2 



Length of tail vertebrae 1 3 



Length of hair on shoulders 6}4 



Length of hair on forehead 1 4 



Length of chin beard 11 



Estimated weight 2,100 pounds* 



I think what makes this buffalo particularly 



interesting is that his portrait adorns the ten- 



*From " American Natural History," by W. T, Hornaday 

 Charles Scribner'a Sons, New York. 



