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jury. The evidence against Barnes was conclusive, and he 

 admitted his guilt, but no bill w^as found against him. The 



Vermont's Last Moose 



head of the moose — a spikehorn — was mounted, and is pre- 

 served at the University of Vermont. 



This was the last moose killed in the State. It was prob- 

 ably a lone wanderer from Quebec or New Hampshire. (See 

 JSth Biennial Report of the Vermont Commissioners of 

 Fisheries and Game, p. 83.) 



I. 



PARASITIC ENEMIES OF THE MOOSE 

 (See pages 73, 306.) 



A LOSS of moose in Saskatchewan in 1915 through the at- 

 tacks of parasites is mentioned in the report of the Chief Game 

 Guardian for 19 16. Similar losses were reported from the 

 Riding Mountains in Manitoba. 



The late Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion Entomologist, 

 identified this parasite, which is variously called "moose tick," 

 "elk tick," and "wood tick," as Dermacentor albipictus. The 

 pest is widely distributed over the Dominion of Canada and 

 the northern United States, he said, and attacks horses and 



