THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



Yellowstone Park, somewhat more than 300 in the barren 

 territory southwest of Great Slave Lake, Canada, and a 

 few small captive herds elsewhere numbering about 2,000 

 individuals. The western herds were largely reestablished 

 from stock furnished from the New York Zoological Park. 



The path to the left, skirting the Buffalo Range, brings 

 the visitor to Mountain Sheep Hill (44 on map), where a 

 steep rocky ridge affords a fine natural habitat for the wild 

 sheep and goats. The Himalayan tahr, the wild goat of 

 northern India, has bred very successfully in the Park; 

 the original pair have a large and active family and even 

 climb the trees in their enclosure. The aoudad, or Barbary 

 wild sheep, the Spanish and Persian ibexes, the mouflon of 

 Sardinia and the burrhel of India are found here, but the 

 Rocky Mountain goat and the bighorn or Rocky Mountain 

 sheep do not thrive in these enclosures and will be found 

 elsewhere. 



At the northern end of Mountain Sheep Hill, the visitor 

 faces the Bear Dens, where, in large open yards, with 

 sleeping dens in the rocks behind, the various species of 

 bear are comfortably accommodated. Up the steps to the 

 left is the Rocking Stone Restaurant (46 on map) , and the 

 Raccoon Tree, where a number of lively raccoons are 

 acclimatized, is in sight south of the Bear Dens. 



A small pond for native wild turtles lies between Moun- 

 tain Sheep Hill and the Restaurant, where several species 

 may usually be seen basking on the half-submerged log at 

 one end. 



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