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of a dun and white color, and its hair was remarkably soft. 
The Indians take this animal by exciting its curiosity; for this 
purpose they conceal themselves in a bush, near its hunting 
grounds, and, making a rustling noise, soon attract its attention, 
when it is led to advance towards the place of concealment, 
until the arrow pierces it. 
“ If there are others in company, they will frequently remain 
with the wounded, until they are all in like manner destroyed. 
“ This species of Antelope, according to the hunters, only in¬ 
habit the prairie, being seldom seen even in the open wooded 
country. The flavor of the meat was thought to be superior to 
that of the Deer.”— United States Exploring Expedition , Lieut. 
Wilkes. 
ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT. 
CAPRA MONTANA. 
Ovis Montana; Ord. Guthrie’s Geography, Rhilad. edit., 292- 
309/ ibid. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sciences, part i., p. 8. Rupi - 
capra Americana ; Blainville. Antilope Americana ; ibid. Bul¬ 
let. de la Societe Bhilomathique, p. 80. Antilope Lanigera ; 
Smith, Trans. Linncean Society, xiii. Commonly called Rocky 
Mountain Sheep. 
“ This animal, concerning which very little is known, is stated 
by Major Long, in his communication to the Philadelphia Agri¬ 
cultural Society, to inhabit the portion of the Rocky Mountains, 
situate between the forty-eighth and sixty-eighth parallels of 
north latitude. By Lewis and Clarke it was observed as low 
as forty-five degrees north. They are in great numbers about 
the head waters of the north fork of Columbia River, where 
they furnish a principal part of the food of the natives. They 
also inhabit the country about the sources of Marais, or Muddy 
River, the Saskatchewan, and Athabasca. They are more nu¬ 
merous on the western than on the eastern slope of the Rocky 
