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AMKRKAN BAI.l) F.AIU.I 

 ingr his feathers after a hard 



with results of considerable excitement, al- 

 though no harm has been done. We have now 

 decided that the animal's growth warrants a 

 partition of heavy bars. 



Recent Arrivals.- — A consignment of valuable 

 and showy animals has arrived from Carl 

 Hagenbeck at Hamburg. These consist of a 

 Blotched Giraffe, three Grant Zebras and a 

 magnificent male specimen of the Gelada Bab- 

 oon, the latter animal from Abyssinia. The 

 giraffe had a particularly hard time on its long 

 trip from Africa. When a short distance from 

 the African coast the ship entered a severe 

 storm and iiitched so badly th.it the giraffe was 

 thrown against the side of the crate and sus- 

 tained a laceration on tlie shoulder, which was 

 about fourteen inches long. It was otherwise 

 bruised and cut about the limbs. When the 

 animal arrived at Hamburg it was not permit- 

 ted to land, owing to quarantine restrictions. 

 Its crate was hoisted from the steamer and 

 placed upon a scow where it was kept several 

 weeks under observation, then shipped to Amer- 

 ica, via Baltimore, owing to quarantine restric- 

 tions here. Upon arrival in this country the 



Department of Agriculttire granted the Society 

 permission to ship the animal to New York and 

 quarantine it in the Park. The crate was too 

 large to pass under railroad bridges so the ani- 

 mal was again transferred to a steamer of the 

 Xew York & Baltimore Trans])ortation Com- 

 pany which took two days to reach this port. 

 Once in New York the giraffe was loaded upon 

 a large stock truck and hauled to the Park. 

 When turned into its stall it looked much dilap- 

 idated, but is rapidly recovering in health and 

 spirits and should make a fine exhibition ani- 

 mal. 



Another Gorilla. — Mr. Richard L. Garner, 

 who was commissioned by the Society to under- 

 take a collecting trip in Africa in order to 

 obtain gorillas, will soon return to the United 

 States bringing with him a fine female speci- 

 men of this much sought animal. Mr. Garner 

 will arrive in New York the latter part of 

 .\ugust. Hut two gorillas have ever arrived in 

 the United States alive. Neither lived more 

 than a month's time. The difficulty has been 

 in inducing captive gorillas to take the food 

 wf give our other antlirojxiids. Mr. Garner h;is 



