. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. 300 HIO ( OF \(»|{TII AMKIJK A. !l inclit's in l«'n<;lli. Tlicy arn badly battered at the tips, from ti<;litin<;' pidbably two or tiiiee inches of each liorn having Ijecn l)roi\en olf. The i)eculiai' shape of the horns of the ewe lian fietpiently caused her to be mistaken for an Ibex, or a speciesof " l{ed doat," by inexperience
. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. 300 HIO ( OF \(»|{TII AMKIJK A. !l inclit's in l«'n<;lli. Tlicy arn badly battered at the tips, from ti<;litin<;' pidbably two or tiiiee inches of each liorn having Ijecn l)roi\en olf. The i)eculiai' shape of the horns of the ewe lian fietpiently caused her to be mistaken for an Ibex, or a speciesof " l{ed doat," by inexperienced Imnters. The appearance of tiie Hi;;; Horn in tlie Missouri and Yel- hmstone \''alleys seems to liave been due to some accident or caprice, tiiough the bands that are tliere seem contented, •T". Mother and Son. i I and make no effort to migrate to the mountains. Tlie favorite haunt of the species in general is, as already stated, the higher ranges of mountains, in the neighborhood of per- I>etual snow and ice. Tliey are occasionally found at an altitude of twelve thousand feet in summer, though in the early spring they frequently descend into the valleys, in search of the first green vegetation, or of alkali. The abilitj' of the wild Sheep to scale forbidding beds of rock and ice is owing to their being -^hod with a pad of a soft, bhick substance closely resembling crude rubber,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shields, G. O. (George Oliver), 1846-1925; Caton, John Dean, 1812-1895. London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
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