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the place of honor which in recent years has been accorded 

 them. 



Alberta. — The best head ever secured in Alberta, of which 

 I can find a record, is one in possession of Lieut.-Commander 

 John G. Millais, the English sportsman and artist. The moose 

 was killed on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, near 

 the head-waters of Peace River. These antlers have a spread 

 of 65 inches, with 16+15 points, and palms 16^/2 inches wide. 

 The circumference of the beam, above the burr, is 7^ inches. 

 Another Alberta head, with equally wide span but inferior 

 palmation, is in a hotel in Banff. 



Saskatchewan. — ^The best Saskatchewan head which I can 

 find was taken by a man named Dergousoff at Usherville, in 

 the northern part of the Province, in the autumn of 191 7. 

 The breadth of span is comparatively small — 56 inches — owing 

 to the tendency of the prongs to curve upward, but the forma- 

 tion is quite remarkable. There are 20+17 points, the maxi- 

 mum palmation is 13^^ inches, and the circumference of 

 beam 8 inches. The weight of antlers and skull, without 

 lower jaw, dry, is 5854 pounds. This head is owned by 

 E. W. Darbey of Winnipeg. It is illustrated at page 222. 



Quebec. — Of a type radically different from the Saskatche- 

 wan specimen is one secured by William Darrow, Jr., of 

 Summit, N. J. Mr. Darrow was hunting on the preserve 

 of the Montagnais Fish and Game Club, of which he has since 

 been president, in the Patapedia Lakes section of Quebec, Sep- 

 tember 5, 191 1, when he killed a moose with antlers spreading 

 643/2 inches. This spread has since shrunk to 62^ inches. 

 The right palm has shrunk from 17^ to I5j4 inches, and 

 the left from 15 to i^Ya inches. Aided by its profusion of 

 points, however, this head would to-day outrank either the 

 Gibb or the Caswell head (see page 186), if scored by the 

 formula suggested at page 192. 



