Part 6

No. 60 is goat shown on page 10.

MEASUREMENTS OF MOUNTAIN GOAT HORNS IN INCHES.

Four large specimens in the United States National Museum, Washington, D. C., selected and measured by Madison Grant on February 4, 1905, gave the following dimensions:

Right. Left. 10 9-3/4 Lake Chelan, Washington. 8-1/2 8-1/2 " " 8-5/8 8-1/4 Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho. 7-5/8 7-3/4 " "

Fifteen specimens in the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, were measured by Dr. J. A. Allen, with the following result:

Right. Left. Spread. 15752 -- 7-1/2 7-1/2 4-3/4 O. m. missoulæ, Missoula, Montana. 22694 9 9-1/16 4-7/8 " " " " " 22695 9-3/4 8-5/8 4-1/4 " " " " " 19335 9 -- -- " " " " " 19337 9-13/16 9-3/4 4-7/8 " " " " " 19836 jnr. 7-3/16 8-1/4 6-1/2 " " columbianus, Schesley Mts., B. C. 19837 -- 9-1/8 -- " " " " " " " 19838 9-7/8 10 8-1/8 " " " " " " " 19839 9-1/8 8-7/8 5 " " " " " " " 19858 8-1/2 8-1/2 5-7/8 " " " " " " " 21504 9-3/4 9 4-5/8 " " " Main Rockies, " " 21505 9-7/8 9-7/8 5 " " " " " " " 21506 -- 7-5/8 7-3/8 4-7/8 " " " " " " " Mt. Head 10-1/8 10-3/16 4-7/8 " " " " " " " Mt. 9-7/8 9-5/8 6-1/2 " " " " " " "

Head shown on page 26, property of Madison Grant.

Property of Charles Arthur Moore, Jr.

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Transcriber Notes

All occurrences of O.m.columbianus were changed to O. m. columbianus. Illustrations were moved so as not to split paragraphs. On p. 13, "as" was added "... to be referred to as O. m. missoulæ."