College Building
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Brown indicated other special motifs could be added to the decorative carvings. Murray
suggested “gopher, prairie chicken, badger, buffalo and coyote” as being characteristic
animals and birds, and “anemone or crocus is the characteristic flower of the province.”
None appears to have been that familiar to the eastern stone carvers; who along with
rams and owls, included some more tropical wildlife.