ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



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YOUNG FEMALE MUSK-OX IN THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



banks of a small river called Oo-niing-niuc, 

 which in the Inuit language, means musk-ox. 

 It is one of the tributaries of the Koog River, 

 which empties into Wainwright Inlet. 



Here Mungelo's family hunted all the spring, 

 and killed many musk-oxen, and saved much 

 meat, which Mungelo's father afterward gave 

 to his unfortunate friends who were starving. 



In traveling around the northern part of 

 ^Uaska I have mam' times seen musk-ox skulls 

 lying about on the tundra, and at times have 

 taken them to my station at Cape Smythe. Only 

 once was I ever fortunate enougli to find a skull 

 with the horns attached to it. That was in the 

 summer of 1895. I was on a hunting trip about 

 100 miles east from Point Barrow, on the shore 

 of a large lake, called by thfe Eskimos Tashis- 

 pun, just west of Codville. * 



There I found a fekull with its horns still at- 

 tached, and in a fairly good state of preserva- 

 tion. The under side of the big bend in the 

 horns was decayed, where they had been resting 

 on the ground. This skull I took home with 

 me, and kept it for over two years, when I gave 

 it to Mr. E. A. Mcllheny, who spent the winter 

 of 1897-8 at Cape Smythe, collecting all kinds 

 of natural history specimens. 



I have also at the present time a musk-ox 

 skull without horns, at my home at Point Bar- 

 row, Alaska. Charles D. Brower. 



BIRD PROTECTION. 



The following is a report of arrests made, and 

 convictions secured, by our Special Game War- 

 dens, John J. Rose and R. W. Bell, of the Zoo- 

 logical Park force: 



October 26, 1910 — Fernando Castaldo, for 

 shooting blue jays. Found guilty; released 

 under suspended sentence. By R. W. Bell. 

 November 10, 1910 — Louis Boasi, hunting with- 

 out a license. Fined $5. By R. W. Bell. 

 March 29, 1911 — Peter Polten, hunting without 

 a license, and having in possession nine crow 

 blackbirds and five gray squirrels. Fined 

 $25. By John J. Rose and R. W. Bell. 

 April 5, 1911 — John Whalen, trapping song- 

 birds. Died before trial. Bv John J. Rose 

 and R. W. Bell. 

 April 5, 1911 — Charles Rohlander, trapping 

 song-birds. Fined $10. Bv John J. Rose 

 and R. W. Bell. 

 April 5, 1911 — Henry Whitteborn, trapping 

 song-birds. Fined $10. Bv John J. Rose 

 and R. W. Bell. 



