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There are, however, still lingering, reindeer in the north, and elk in the forests of the east. There is no prongbuck, and many other creatures characteristic of the United States and British Columbia are not found in Upper and Lower Canada or in the maritime provinces.
When he shot the bird, a male, it was showing off before a dull-colored little bird, doubtless the female; and the chief feature of the display was this white spot on the back. The white feathers were raised and displayed so that the spot flashed like the "chrysanthemum" on a prongbuck whose curiosity has been aroused.
Large numbers of wapiti deer, of the smaller Virginian deer, and of the prongbuck "antelope" thronged the grassy flats, and elk browsed on the foliage of the thickets along the river banks. Grizzly bears and black bears, large grey wolves, the small coyote wolf, the pretty little kit fox and large red fox preyed on these herbivores, as did also pumas and lynxes.
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