THE MUSK OX 



another of the calves went to the Zoological Garden 

 at Berlin. About the end of September, 1900, 

 Lieut. Amdrup's expedition returned home ; they 

 brought with them a calf, the survivor of two 

 obtained by the drastic method of shooting down a 

 whole herd on two separate occasions ! Two musk 

 calves imported into Sweden some years ago were 

 described as being quite tame, with splendid coats 

 and very suitable to acclimatise in that country. 



On March 12, 1902, the New York Zoological 

 Society received a female musk ox which had been 

 obtained by a party of whalers and Esquimaux in 

 the previous year. A herd containing four calves 

 had been found and the calves all taken ; unfortunately 

 the sled dogs killed three of them, but the survivor 

 was preserved, and fed on a diet of coarse grass and 

 willow twigs till hay could be obtained for her. The 

 calf was bought for the New York Zoological Park 

 for $1,600, and installed in a comfortable enclosure 

 provided with suitable shade. Twenty-two months 

 old at the time of arrival, her horns were six inches 

 apart at the base and measured ten inches along the 

 curve ; she stood three feet ten inches at the shoulder, 

 and the combined length of head and body was four 

 feet ten inches. The animal was fed on clover hay, 

 crushed oats, etc., and also browsed on the bushes 

 growing in the enclosure. Another a very small 

 specimen was added to the collection in the same 

 year, but neither lived twelve months. In July, 



