SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.
 THE EXTERMINATION OF THE AMERICAN BISON.
BY
WILLIAM T. HORNADAY,
 Superintendent of the National Zoological Park.
Inscription
Inscription
[Pg 366]
From the Report of the National Museum, 1886-’87, pages 369-548, andplates I-XXII.
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1889.
[Pg 369]
CONTENTS.
Prefatory note

Part I.—The life history of the bison

I. Discovery of the species
II. Geographical distribution
III. Abundance
IV. Character of the species
1. The buffalo’s rank amongst ruminants
2. Change of form in captivity
3. Mounted specimens in museums
4. The calf
5. The yearling
6. The spike bull
7. The adult bull
8. The cow in the third year
9. The adult cow
10. The “Wood” or “Mountain Buffalo”
11. The shedding of the winter pelage
V. Habits of the buffalo
VI. The food of the buffalo
VII. Mental capacity and disposition of the buffalo
VIII. Value to mankind
IX. Economic value of the bison to Western cattle-growers
1. The bison in captivity and domestication
2. Need of an improvement in range cattle
3. Character of the buffalo-domestic hybrid
4. The bison as a beast of burden
5.                        
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