The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon: A Hunter's Explorations for Wild Sheep in Sub-arctic MountainsC. Scribner's sons, 1911 - 354 pages A record of field experiences while engaged in studying the color variations of the wild sheep of Yukon Territory. It is an attempt to give a detailed account strictly from the point of view of a hunter interested in natural history. |
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The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon: A Hunter's Explorations for Wild Sheep in ... Charles Sheldon Affichage du livre entier - 1919 |
The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon: A Hunter's Explorations for Wild Sheep in ... Charles Sheldon Affichage du livre entier - 1911 |
The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon: A Hunter's Explorations for Wild Sheep in ... Charles Sheldon Affichage du livre entier - 1911 |
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Page 335 - ... wide, which, below the hock joint, joins rather abruptly the pure white hair which covers the sides and rear edge of the leg. A similar brown band extends down the front of the foreleg, from knee to hoof, similarly backed up posteriorly with white. The tail is similar in color to the body, but much darker, and a thin line of dark brown hair connects it with the gray mass of the body. The white rump patch is similar in form to that of Ovis montana, but covers a smaller area.
Page 334 - This color is produced by a nearly even mixture of pure white and blackish brown hairs. The gray color covers the shoulders from the insertion of the neck downward to the knee, where it fades out. On the outside of the thigh the gray color grows paler as it descends, until at the hock joint, it fades out entirely. The posterior edge of the thigh is white. The lower portion of the inner surface of the thigh partakes of the gray body color, but is somewhat paler. On the front edge of the thigh, and...
Page 335 - ... and rear edge of the leg. A similar brown band extends down the front of the foreleg, from knee to hoof, similarly backed up posteriorly with white. The tail is similar in color to the body, but much darker, and a thin line of dark brown hair connects it with a gray mass of the body. The horns are clear, transparent, even amber-like, similar to the horns of Ovis dalli, when clean; annulations, numerous and well defined; a slight groove under the superior angle is not so deep as that of Ovis stonei....
Page 335 - Ovis montana, but covers a smaller area. Pelage. — Thick and long; finer and softer than on Ovis montana. On the neck and abdomen it inclines to shagginess, like that of the mountain goat. The stiff, brittle quality is noticeably absent from all white parts of the animal. Everywhere the pelage is abundant and thick, as befits an Arctic animal. Because of this, the animal appears to be shorter in the legs and more stockily built than all other American species, save Ovis dalli. Length of hair on...
Page 332 - ver the entire body and limbs appears to be almost entirely due to the ends of the hairs being commonly tipped with a dull rusty speck. On close examination this tipping of the hairs makes the fur look as though it had been slightly singed. This form also has smaller...
Page 332 - ... summer, and from birth to old age. Through a strange combination of circumstances the type specimens collected in the Tanana Hills, far in the interior of Alaska, were of such a peculiar appearance that Mr. Nelson could not possibly do otherwise than describe them as being " nearly uniform dirty-white. The dinginess of the white over the entire body and limbs appears to be almost entirely due to the ends of the hair being commonly tipped with a dull rusty speck. On close examination this tipping...
Page 335 - ... inches wide, which, below the hock joint joins rather abruptly the pure white hair which covers the sides and rear 'edge of the leg. A similar brown band extends down the front of the foreleg, from knee to hoof, similarly backed up posteriorly with white. The tail is similar in color to the body...
Page 183 - ... from allusions in the unpublished journals of Chief Factor James Anderson, which have kindly been placed at my disposal by his son, the following brief account is drawn up. — After the abandonment of Dease Lake post in 1839, Mr. Campbell was, in the spring of 1840, commissioned by Sir George Simpson to explore the " north branch " of the Liard to its source, and to cross the height-of-land in search of any river flowing to the westward, especially the head waters of the Colville, the mouth...
Page xxiv - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 29 - ... weird, wild noise in this mysterious solitude. At such an elevation it was very cold, and being lightly clad I soon became chilled and found difficulty in handling the bear alone, so the skin was not off until nearly two in the morning. The head was left in so that Rungius could sketch it. The bear was an old grizzly, fairly large, in excellent pelage for July; its claws were very long, and there was practically no fat on it.