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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



AMERICAN BISON CAl.\'i:s l;uk\ IX ig,.;. 



Alalayan paradoxure. On June 15 a very 

 fine specimen of the rare and beautiful large- 

 spotted genet, of South Africa, was brought 

 to the Park and presented by Mrs. A. Ven- 

 turini. This animal is a very agile climber, 

 and at times is almost serpent-like in its 

 movements. 



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Beaver Valley Walk between the Beaver 

 Pond and Baird Court is now very beautiful. 

 To pass over it in the morning hours, espe- 

 cially after a rainy night, is a particularly de- 

 lightful incident. At such times, the air is 

 heavy with the perfume of the forest, and the 

 foliage is immaculately fresh. This is not the 

 year for the universal flowering of the rhodo- 

 dendrons, but for all that many clumps of 

 pink blossoms are to be seen. Up to date 

 nearly all the rhododendrons have grown six 

 inches, and the new leaves make the masses 

 of dark green look as if they had been washed 

 over with a lighter color. The beds of ferns 

 along the brook are springing up handsomely, 

 and are a delight to the eye. 



No sooner was the Small-Deer House com- 

 pleted and turned over to the Society than it 

 was filled with an odd mixture of small deer, 

 antelope, mountain sheep and goats, which up 

 to that time had been temporarily housed. 

 The yards of the eastern series are now fully 

 complete and occupied, and in another fort- 

 night the animals in the western half of the 

 building can be let out into the open. 



The five Rocky Mountain goats continue in 

 excellent health, notwithstanding the ragged 

 and very unsatisfactory appearance they pre- 

 sent during their shedding period. The glands 

 behind their horns began to appear in January, 

 and on July i they were quite large. They 

 have grown satisfactorily, and from their gen- 

 eral vigor we are led to hope that they will 

 breed next year. Although they properly be- 

 long on Mountain Sheep Hill, their present 

 quarters, near the Pheasant Aviary, seem so 

 perfectly adapted to their wants, it is inad- 

 visable to move them. 



