448 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1914. 
mals that can be used there. The domesticated variety is almost 
invariably white, while the wild ones are usually dark colored, like 
the specimens in the park. 
The cows of this species are smaller than the bulls. They are 
usually horned, but it is not uncommon to see animals that are 
“nolled,” or hornless. Young have been born in the park from 
the pair that was there for several years, and several of these are 
without horns. 
This group of oxlike animals should not be left without noting 
that there are to be found in the park several others quite distinc- 
tive and important. The first of these is the true buffalo, from 
East Africa, a young animal of powerful build, whose horns and 
bodily frame are quite different from those of our bison. The 
second is the little anoa, or buffalo, from the Celebes, the smallest 
of the ox tribe, not larger than a small Shetland pony. Both of 
these are in the antelope house. There is also, in a separate build- 
ing’, a group of zebus, or humped Indian cattle. 
MOUNTAIN SHEEP. 
This noted American animal inhabits the most lofty and desolate 
regions. It is not accustomed to the more humid and heavy air 
of the Atlantic seaboard and does not thrive well when confined 
here. When first caught it is exceedingly timid and liable to die 
from what might be called in a human being “home-sickness,”’ as 
it pines and refuses to eat. The only way of succeeding with these 
animals is to capture them when quite young and furnish them with 
a foster mother, like a goat or domestic sheep. The specimen 
shown in plate 41s a young male that was in the park for some time. 
The adult male has much larger horns and is a very fine and imposing 
animal. 
Several specimens of a near relative of our mountain sheep may be 
seen. These are the Barbary sheep from the Atlas Mountains of 
Africa. The male of this animal possesses when fully grown a mane 
of long hair covering its chest and forelegs. Its horns are large and 
powerful, but do not reach the size of those of our own sheep. The 
color of the animal is like that of the rocks of their mountains, a red- 
dish yellow, and, as their instinct leads them to remain perfectly 
quiet upon the approach of man, they are very difficult for the hunter 
to discover. 
The woolless sheep from the Barbados is also here. 
Through the kindness of the Swiss Government the park has been 
enabled to exhibit specimens of the chamois, or wild goat of the Alps. 
They are located on the steep cliff at the southern boundary of the 
park, a situation not very dissimilar to that which they occupy when 
at home. They are very agile and surefooted, and can leap from 
