Paper, 'Description of the moose deer in America' by Paul Dudley Dudley presents his observations on the moose (Alces alces), 'one of the noblest creatures of the forest'. He identifies two sorts of moose, the 'common light grey moose' and the 'large, or black moose'. Subject: Zoology Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A description of the Moose-Deer in America' Communicated by John Chamberlayne. Read to the Royal Society on 4 May 1721 May 1721