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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



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Each one of these heads is a 



prize! They were selected with 



great care and judgment when the 



Kenai moose country was wide open, 



and moose heads could be pur- 

 chased by those who had the price. 



We fancy that the world never has 



seen another such a gathering of 



enormous moose heads as the 



Mackay collection. Here are the 



spread measurements of a few: 76 



in.. 74f, 744 69i, 674, 66 f a »d 



644 inches. 



Besides the splendid spread and 



massiveness of these antlers, they 



show many variations of form, and 



tendencies toward freakiness, which 



are not only interesting but of de- 

 cided zoological value. No two of them are quite heads. Each one has been selected and included 

 alike. At one end of the series is the extremely for some specific reason that the good judge of 

 attenuated and bifurcated form of antlers, and antlers will readily divine. Some are very 

 at the other the broad, circling shovel, so cup- long, and others are very massive, with less 

 shaped in the middle that a palmation would length. Altogether, they make a commanding 

 readily hold a quart of water. Verily, these heads series. 



were taken in the days when Giant Moose, (Al- 



ces gigas), on the Kenai were plentiful and big. 



The ten wapiti heads are almost, though not 



quite, equal in rank and variation to the moose 



Up to the time of the receipt of Mr. Mackay's 

 gift, we had been without a single head of a bull 

 bison from the plains. Now we have four, — 

 two for each series. They are large, modern 



in mounting, and perfect in every 

 way. 



Truly, it is cause for congratu- 

 lation that this great collection, 

 now almost impossible to duplicate 

 at any price, has, through Mr. 

 Mackay's generosity been placed 

 where it will be permanently pre- 

 served, and seen and studied by 

 thousands of interested persons. 

 W. T. H. 



At the forty-first annual meeting 

 of the American Fisheries Society, 

 held in St. Louis in September, Dr. 

 Charles H. Townsend, Director of 

 the New York Aquarium, was elect- 

 ed Vice-President of the Society. 



FOUR AMERICAN BISON HEADS. 

 Mackay Collection. 



