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very well off for accommo- 
dation, will in due course 
be given more suitable 
quarters. 
We" 
Many people have looked 
with interest 
Corean Cow. on the pair of 
Corean cattle 
placed on deposit at the 
Regent’s Park Gardens by 
His Majesty the King early 
in 1903. The cow repre- 
sented has since given birth 
to a calf, which was born 
just a month before the 
young bison noticed below, 
and, like that animal, is of 
the male sex. These Corean 
cattle are of the true Bos 
taurus type, like our 
Kuropean breeds, and show 
no resemblance 
to Bos wndicus, 
the so-called 
“zebus” preva- 
lent over so large 
a part of the Kast. 
Their colour is 
uniform chestnut, 
a hue which is 
found in both 
ordinary cattle 
and zebus. The 
Corean breed is 
stated to bereared 
in its native 
COMIN EA O): 
ploughing and 
other farm work, 
and for transport 
purposes; a bull 
will carry 450 to 
600 lbs., while the 
load for the local 
: Eee ae 
pony is only Photos by W. P. Dando, F. 
200 lbs. <As the 
roads in Corea are too bad even for ox-carts 
as a rule, pack-animals are of the greatest 
Animal Life 
It is to be hoped that the Indian Small- 
Clawed Otters, which at present are not 
OSTRICH. 
importance, and hence it is, no doubt, that 
so fine a breed of native cattle has been 
kept up in that remote 
peninsula. 
Ny / 
THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
é are indebted 
pmetican to their Presi- 
dent, his Grace 
the Duke of Bedford, for 
all the adult specimens of 
this now rare animal at 
present exhibited. ‘These 
are three in number, a bull 
and two cows, which were 
presented on the 31st of 
May, 1902. On the 26th 
of the same month in the 
following year a bull-calf 
was born, which has thriven, 
and is now about half- 
erown. At first it was of 
a foxy-red colour, and much 
resembled a common calf in 
general form, 
though with a 
thicker coat; 
but it has now 
assumed the 
characteristic 
dark-brown pel- 
age of the adult 
bison, and shows 
the typical shape 
to some extent. 
It is interesting 
to note, however, 
that it more 
resembles the 
European than 
the American 
species at this 
stage, the head 
not having yet 
acquired its dis- 
proportionate 
size, and the pre- 
dominance of the 
fore- over the 
hind-quarter being less marked. These points 
are well shown in the photograph of the 
