ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



THE SERVICE BUILDING. 

 Contains all the eTfeecutive departments of the 



foxes, an opossum, dogs, etc., and at present he has a rac- 

 coon and a rabbit. All these, however, admit his suprem- 

 acy, and he is always the master. 



"Jess has had several e.\periences, aside from freezing 

 his toes. Once a man struck him with a club, breaking his 

 arm. I splintered it up the best I knew how, put it in a 

 sling, and the fracture healed successfully. (Dn another 

 occasion, Jess grabbed a bottle of ammonia and swallowed 

 a quantity. It nearly turned him inside out, but in a few 

 days he came around all right. Once or twice he acted as 

 if he had taken a dose of poison, but by applying the usual 

 remedies, we brought him round. Once he had a stoppage 

 of the bowels, and his condition became very serious. I 

 tried injections and other remedies, without avail, and had 

 about given him up, when I induced him to eat some ripe 

 bananas. This resulted in his recovery. He will readily 

 take homoeopathic pills. For ordinary ailments I give them 

 to him, and they seem to produce good results." 



THE PUMA. 

 The Society is now the fortunate possessor of a beautiful 

 young Puma, nearly two-thirds grown. For docility and 

 playfulness of disposition it could scarcely be excelled by 

 .any domestic cat in the world. His pelage is a most beau- 

 tiful fawn-gray, in absolutely perfect condition ; the muzzle 

 is marked in the usual manner, by two snow-white spots, 

 which are made singularly striking by two velvety-black 

 ones, immediately behind them ; and his eyes, a deep 



brown or black, as yet do not show that fire and restless- 

 ness which are usually apparent in most captive cats 



Toward his keeper he exhibits the utmost friendli- 

 ness, and to see him raise his back to a stroke of the hand 

 and express his pleasure by a very loud purr, reminds one 

 forcibly of the hearth-side pet. For a long time the col- 

 lared peccaries which were quartered near, caused him a 

 great deal of anxiety, and it was apparent that a toothsome 

 bit of wild- pig would not go amiss. However, a tarpaulin 

 suspended between the two enclosures easily remedied 

 the difficulty. His favorite position, which he takes regu- 

 larly, just before sundown, is reclining in the limbs of an 

 old tree, lying on its side in the cage. Silhouetted against 

 the back-ground of his sleeping den he makes a decidedly 

 striking and picturesque appearance. 



He is the first of his kind to be included in the Zoologi- 

 cal Park's collections, and has been installed in the Mount- 

 ain Lions' Cage. 



Great numbers of the smaller tortoises indigenous to the 

 soil, have been transferred to the low ground about the 

 Mammals' Pond, and visitors occasionally come upon a sol- 

 itary member, ponderously travelling. 



A VALUABLE GIFT. 

 Three fine beavers arrived the third week of October, 

 from Maine, the gift of Mr. Hugh J. Chisholm of this city. 

 Altogether this is five from the same source. The value of 

 the gift can scarcely be too highly estimated and their ad- 

 vent will give material assistance to the little colony now- 

 preparing for winter in the Beaver Pond. 



