64 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 
to the writer one of the most striking examples of animal intelligence 
he has ever witnessed or heard of. 
SOME RECENT ARRIVALS.—A female Puma, practically full 
grown and in excellent condition, is a welcome addition to the 
collection in the Park. It is the gift of Dr William Alston, of 
Buenos Ayres, obtained through the good offices of Mr George 
H. Law of Zhe Scotsman, and by courtesy of the owners of the 
Houston Line of steamers was given a free passage from South 
America. For some years the Park has possessed a good male 
Puma, but efforts to obtain a female companion have only now 
been successful. Pumas occasionally breed in captivity, and it 
will be interesting to see whether they will do so in the Park. 
A pair of American Bison are amongst the most important 
animals received for some time. They were bred in the Dublin 
Zoological Garden, and were obtained by exchange. ‘Their parents 
are a pair of pure-bred Bison which were presented to the Royal 
Zoological Society of Ireland by the Canadian Dominion Parks 
Board in 1913. The male of the pair is still a calf, having been 
born in August last, and he is perhaps the more interesting on 
that account, as he is still somewhat generalised in type of body 
and horns, and has not yet settled into the distinctive adult form. 
The Park has had a Bison cow since its earliest days, but she had 
a strain of Highland cattle blood which showed chiefly in the 
shape of her horns. By some chance she lost both her horns 
three years ago, and the cores having shrunk and hardened, are 
now in form all that a Bison cow’s horns should be. 
Three Indian Wolves were born in March. The pair of Indian 
Wolves in the Park have had several litters, but the young have 
never been reared successfully. The new cubs have been placed 
with a terrier foster mother, who has adopted them without protest 
in place of her own pups.—T. H. G. 
[The Editors will be glad to receive from visitors to the Park 
original notes of scientific value relating to habits or incidents 
observed. Such notes must be forwarded through the Director- 
Secretary, Zoological Park. | 
