JOHNSON — MAMMALS OF MINNESOTA 
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Odocoileus virginianus borealis. Northern White-tailed Deer. — Common. 
A total of 132 deer was seen, among which were 38 bucks, 63 does, 12 fawns and 
19 which could not be identified as to sex. More deer were always seen in the 
closer-in localities than in the more remote parts where the timber wolf no doubt 
was largely responsible for their sm'aller numbers as well as their greater wari- 
ness. Along the water courses of this region are numerous little grassy bays 
which are much sought as feeding grounds by the deer. A number of times deer 
were met with on islands, in both lakes and rivers, some of them no more than 
an acre or two in size, and none more than fifty or seventy-five yards distant from 
the mainland. The animals probably had become accustomed to a sense of 
security on these islands and sought them for resting places, for they had but 
little attractiveness as feeding grounds. Specimens from N. and S. Kawishiwi 
districts; L. Isabella. 
Alces americanus. Moose. — ^When I first entered this region, in 1912, moose 
were very common in the North and the South Kawishiwi River district, and east- 
ward and southeastward as far as our observations extended, namely to the Perent 
River. Also during the three seasons that followed moose were plentiful and 
distinctly appeared to be increasing. In 1915 alone, during a period of about 
nine weeks, 132 moose were seen and trails and wallows were abundant about 
the water courses. I did not visit the region again until the summer of 1920, 
when, to my surprise and disappointment I met with a total of only 5 moose from 
July 26 to September 4. Signs seemed to indicate that the bulk of the moose 
population had deserted the territory. Many of their favorite feeding grounds 
of former years bore no signs of having been frequented by moose this season 
It is my belief that this disappearance of the moose was the result chiefly of 
disturbances due to logging operations that had been carried on in the inter- 
vening period, along the North and South Forks of the Kawishiwi and along the 
main stream further eastward. If this be true then one may hope for a gradual 
return of the moose with the restoration of normal quiet. Specimens from Clear 
L.; S. Kawishiwi; L. Bald Eagle. 
Rangifer caribou caribou. Woodland Caribou. — ^I have personally no positive 
evidence of the presence of caribou in the part of Lake County covered by these 
notes. However, at Saw Bill .Lake in Cook County, about six or eight miles 
from the eastern border of Lake County, it was reported to me by Mr. Leslie 
Brownell, then forest supervisor, that a number of caribou had been seen in the 
winter of 1917. Mr. R. G. Schreck, present acting supervisor, reports that 
a number of caribou are still found in that same general region. 
According to Mr. John Schafer, municipal judge of Ely, caribou were common 
along the Kawishiwi River in Lake County, twenty years ago, being found as 
far westward as Farm Lake. He mounted several heads from specimens killed 
in Twp. 63, R. 10, in this county. Logging then began and the animals left the 
district. 
Glaucomys sabrinus sabrinus. Northern Flying Squirrel. — August 23, 1913, 
a male was trapped on the ground at the foot of a cedar, at the lower end of the 
first rapids of the Isabella River above Lake Bald Eagle. September 4 a female 
was taken on a fallen log about 30 rods distant from this place. These v/ere the 
only specimens secured, but the species is probably of regular occurrence in 
suitable localities throughout the region. 
