54 POPULAR OFFICIAL GUIDE. 



This species possesses many admirable qualities, and it 

 might be introduced to advantage in our southern states. 

 It is very even-tempered and sensible, easily handled, is 

 a vigorous feeder, breeds persistently, and matures very 

 rapidly; but in every New York winter, it requires some 

 heat in its barn. 



The Maral Deer, (Census moral}, is in appearance like an 

 extra large red deer or a small elk. It is a midway mem- 

 ber of the Wapiti group, which extends in a somewhat 

 broken chain from Colorado, northward across Bering Strait 

 to Asia, and thence across Asia and Europe to Scotland. 

 We have owned a fine pair of Maral Deer, from the Cau- 

 casus district, but they have failed to breed as expected. 



The European Red Deer, (Cervus elaphits), is an under- 

 study of the American elk, which it much resembles in 

 form and in habits. Next to the elk it is the finest living 

 deer, and for many generations has held its own against 

 the dangers of in-breeding. In the parks and forest pre- 

 serves of Great Britain and Europe, it exists abundantly, 

 but only as private property, subject to the guns of the 

 owner and his friends. This species has been successfully 

 crossed with the American elk. 



The entire herd of Red Deer is the gift of Mr. William 

 Rockefeller. This original stock contained two bucks and 

 four does, procured by the consent of the Czar of Russia 

 from one of the imperial parks. Russian Red Deer are very 

 robust and hardy, and are believed to represent the highest 

 development of this species. In addition to the above, five 

 specimens derived from English stock were received from 

 Mr. Rockefeller's herd at Greenwich, Connecticut. 



Other Asiatic Deer will be found in the Small-Deer House, 

 in the southern end of the Park. 



THE LION HOUSE, No. 15. 



As a spectacle of captive animal life, there is none more 

 inspiring than a spacious, well-lighted and finely-appointed 

 lion house, filled with a collection of the world's greatest 

 and handsomest wild beasts. To build an ideal lion house, 

 and fill it with a first-class collection of large felines, are 

 matters involving no little time and much money; but the 

 sight, for the millions of visitors, of lions, tigers, jaguars, 

 pumas, leopards, cheetahs, black leopards, snow leopards and 



