Moosr: AM) nisox 



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The woodchuck or i^q-ouiul lio^ is a V('<;ct;il)l(' IVcdcr hut docs very 



little liarni to ('roi)s. It liiheriiates lor ;i l;ir<j;(* T)art of tluj 



Woodchuck ,, ,. .1 , , » •, MM III I 



yciiv iisiudly irom SepteiiuxT to April, llui old legend 



says that the ground \\o<^ comes out of his hole on the second of Fehruary 

 and if it is hright and he sees his shadow, he goes hack into 

 his hole for six weeks longer and we may expect more cold 

 weather. Other groups represent the varying hare and the 



common species of scpiirrels. 



In the central section of the hall is a group of moose. It represents an 

 early autumn scene in a second growth forest in New Bruns- 



Hares and 

 Squirrels 



Moose Group 

 tlie moose. 



wick, and illustrates one of the favorite feeding groimds of 



BISON cow AND CALF 

 The big game of North America is described in Guide Leaflet No. 5, North American Ruminants 



Bison Group 



The buffalo group gives a typical bit of the prairie traversed by buffalo 

 trails, while the members of the herd represent different 

 stages of growth of the buffalo. This is the animal which 

 formerly roamed in countless numbers over the western plains but w^hich 

 is now reduced to a few insignificant herds. 



Alaskan On the north side of the hall is a pair of the huge brown 



Brown Bear bears of Alaska, a family of fur seals from the Pribilof 

 Fur Seals Islands and a family of Rocky Mountain Goats. 



