
NATURAL HISTORY. 
A BIG ELK HEAD. 
I have gathered thousands of elk ant- 
lers and have one pair that I think is 
the largest I have ever found. I have 
heard of some larger and wider spread, 
but on inspection they have proven small- 
er. Mr. Sheard’s large elk head meas- 
ures some 8 inches more in length and 
some wider spread, but it is not a perfect 
or an even head. I had this mounted to 
stand on a pedestal the height of a bull 
elk. The neck is mounted in or with 
native wild grasses peculiar to the Rock- 
ies. Several attempts have been made to 
get a good picture of this head but none 
entirely successful. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. 
[Een ety 2. Olggh Caleta ria cst 8's auleaiet ass 60 
Gircumieren Ge mOmsDeamln Ay. <a. sacle. 84 
Gircuntierentceot sbuEr osacc es ee 1614 
Meneth) of Sistebrow., POInts.: 2.2 ..:.c. Pt 
eneth Of 2d sbrowe POINnt <4... oa... 25 
meneth wot sdabrow point. 9. 5244.5 sev. 2B 
Heneth Of Ath brow spoilt... et 60: 19 
Weneth Of sta prow pot! 2... 26 5. 18 
Spread between 3d points.......... 55% 
Spread between 2d points .......... 50 
Spread between 2 top points........ 48 
Spread between Ist brow point...... 15 
Spread between 2d brow point...... 33% 
Spread between 3d brow point...... 50 
There is a cluster near the burr of each 
horn on the same side, each cluster be- 
ing the same. There is also a small 
projection on each beam. They are the 
same on each beam and in the same 
place. 
A. H. Paton, Meeker, Colo. 
RANGES OF BIG GAME. 
Bighorn Sheep.—Has any reader met 
with evidence of sheep in Old Mexico? 
Or in the mountains of the Pacific slope 
of the United States or Canada? 
Elk.—Any evidence that elk are still 
found in British Columbia, or were ever 
found except near the United States 
boundary and for a short distance along 
the Eastern slope of the Rockies. Were 
they ever found in Eastern Texas? 
White-tail Deer.—Evidence that they 
are found along the Pacific coast, or in the 
coast range, or on Vancouver island, or 
in British Columbia except along the 
United States boundary. 
Moose.—Evidence that it is or ever was 
found in Washington and Oregon. 
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Please give full data in replying—coun- 
ty as well as State. Rumors, or hearsay 
evidence not desired. 
Ernest Seton Thompson, 144 5th Ave., 
NEY. 
GIRLS FORSWEAR BIRDS ON HATS. 
Promises made by several hundred girls attending 
the public schools of New Brunswick, N. J., to refrain 
from wearing song birds on their hats have caused 
consternation among the milliners of that city, but if 
adhered to it will afford the residents of New Brunswick 
an opportunity of hearing a grand opera singer at a 
nominal cost. 
Mrs. Mary R. Jordan, the musical instructor in the 
public schools of New Brunswick, recently received a 
letter from Mme. Lilli Lehmann, the Saas opera sing- 
er, in which she promises to sing in that city in Novem- 
ber if the girls attending the schools would forswear 
the wearing of birds in their hats. 
The girls readily agreed to dispense with the birds 
even at the risk of being considered out of fashion, and 
Mme. Lehmann has been advised by Mrs. Jordan that 
the compact will be faithfully kept. Some of the girls, who 
belong to the best social circles of New Brunswick, are 
doing their best to interest their friends in the crusade, 
and the milliners are ataloss for means to counteract 
the moyement.—N. Y. Herald. 
Wearing or selling the feathers of birds which are 
protected under the new millinery law appears to be 
perilous business, as a prosecution under the law, 
which went into effect April 1, has just been made in 
Lowell and there is no doubt equal reason for prosecu- 
tions in this city. The Misses Rodgers, of that city, 
milliners, were charged with haying black finches for 
sale. The complaint was made by Benjamin P. Chad- 
wick, deputy state commissioner of fish and game. 
The judge in this particular case did not impose the 
fine of $10 for each bird, which the law provides, but 
placed the case on file. Half of each fine collected 
under the law goes to the complainant, and it will be 
strange if some one does not try to accomplish the 
enforcement of the law here. It applies the same 
against any one who wears the forbidden plumage as 
against one who sells it. Although sentence. was not 
given in the Lowell case, dealers in that city have been 
officially notified to obey the law in the future. They 
have in turn notified their customers, so that the sale 
of the forbidden birds will probably stop in that city.— 
Boston Globe. 
An Illinoisan in Mexico, denouncing 
bull fights as barbarous, received this re- 
ply from a Mexican: “Not so fast, Signor. 
In the States you kill the pretty quail and 
the beautiful deer. You kill the partridge 
for sport. You kill the song birds and 
use the exquisite plumage to decorate your 
women. We do not do that. The bull 
has to be killed anyway, and we just have 
a little fun with him before we kill him.” 
Will some reader of RECREATION give 
a brief description of the pine martin— 
color, shape, size, and habits. A photo 
would be interesting. Is the black squir- 
rel a distinct species or only a freak of 
nature? 
i oN Marrons@: 
Join the L. A. S. The membership fee 
is only $1. Sixty cents of this goes back 
into your own state to be expended there 
in the work of game protection. 
