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Natural History

No bones or teeth [have been discovered in Wisconsin,] of the extinct Mammorth or Mastodon have been discovered in Wisconsin. In the remote parts of the country about the source of the Mississippi and west of Lake Superior several species have been found that are not found in the southern parts of the Territory. Among those occasionally seen are according to Mr. Schoolcraft, the great white or polar bear, the arctic fox, with fur as white as the snow in which it lives: and also the Moose, Rein Deer and the Antelope.

The great white or northern owl, and three species of grouse are found there*, different from the two that are so abundant in the woods and about the prairies of the south+.

A great many species of ducks and other aquatic birds swarm our lakes and rivers. Pelicans occasionally ascend the Mississippi and its branches far into Wisconsin. Pigeons are abundant; quails, and a great variety of smaller birds both useful and injurious to the interests of man are found.