. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Vh li h\ (iLLi-Tc bhliab, 3rd AiXOTIIER \'lli\V OF THK CUW ilOOSli THAT EDUCATED HERSELF "I went a little closer, when she turned toward me, and again the camera recorded the scene" (see page 447) impressively corroborated by tlie fine col- lection of moose horns, fotmd along the river bottom in willow thickets, where the absence of pine forests and the annual overflow each contributed to the scarcity of rodent life. These horns were later presented to the Ilioloiiical Survey and constitute its only collection (if the
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Vh li h\ (iLLi-Tc bhliab, 3rd AiXOTIIER \'lli\V OF THK CUW ilOOSli THAT EDUCATED HERSELF "I went a little closer, when she turned toward me, and again the camera recorded the scene" (see page 447) impressively corroborated by tlie fine col- lection of moose horns, fotmd along the river bottom in willow thickets, where the absence of pine forests and the annual overflow each contributed to the scarcity of rodent life. These horns were later presented to the Ilioloiiical Survey and constitute its only collection (if the mountain type of this animal. During the several weeks spent in studying and photogra])hing moose near Skilak I^ake, the network of runways throughout the poplar and birch thickets showed very plainly that this was one of the great winter feeding ranges of these animals, and that a systematic search would doubtless reveal many fine antlers. In this we were successful from the start, and nearly every afternoon, on taking the canoe for camp, one or two big or oddly shaped horns were a part of our cargo. And if the camera failed in its quest on such occasions, here were the discarded crowns of the giant moose, mail)' of them worthy of portraiture and man^' of ])ermanent ])reservation. ^'>\ carefully noting the course of our rambles, in less than a week a square mile was jjretty well covered and brought to view 26 nearly perfect antlers, aside 452. 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 Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
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