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cow seven years old, were caught by Sioux Indians near the Black Hills 

 for the owner in the spring of 1882. The Indians drove two milch cows 

 to the range to nourish the calves wheu caught. These have produced 

 two calves, one of which, a bull, is now three years old, and the other 

 is a yearling heifer. 



Central Park Menagerie, New York, Dr. W. A. Conklin, director. — This 

 much-visited collection contains four bison, an adult bull and cow, a 

 two-year-old calf, and a yearling. 



Mr. John H. Siarin, Glen Island, near New York City. — There are four 

 buffaloes at this summer resorc. 



The U. 8. National Museum, Washington, District of Columbia. — The 

 collection of the department of living animals at this institution con- 

 tains two tine young buffaloes; a bull four years old in July, 1888, and 

 a cow three years old in May of the same year. These animals were cap- 

 tured in western Nebraska, when they were calves, by H. R. Jackett, 

 of Ogalalla, and kept by him on his ranch until 1888. In April, 1888, 

 Hon. Eugene G. Blackford, of New York, rjurchased them of Mr. Fred- 

 erick D. Nowell, of North Platte, Nebraska, for $400 for the pair, and 

 presented them to the National Museum, in the hope that they might 

 form the nucleus of- a herd to be owned and exhibited by the United 

 States Government in or near the' city of Washington. The two ani- 

 mals were received in Ogalalla by Mr. Joseph Palmer, of the National 

 Museum, and by bim they were brought on to Washington in May, in 

 fine condition. Since their arrival they have been exhibited to the 

 public in a temporary inclosure on the Smithsonian Grounds, and have 

 attracted much attention. 



Mr. B. C. Winston, of Hamline, Minnesota, owns a pair of buffaloes, 

 one of which, a young bull, was caught by him in western Dakota in 

 the spring of 1886, soon after its birth. The cow was purchased at 

 Rosseau, Dakota Territory, a year later, for $225. 



Mr. I. P. Butler, of Colorado, Texas, is the owner of a young bull buf- 

 falo and a half-breed calf. 



Mr. Jesse Huston, of Miles City, Montana, owns a fine five-year-old 

 bull buffalo. 



Mr. L. F. Gardner, of Bellwood, Oregon, is the owner of a large adult 

 bull. 



Tke Riverside Ranch Company, south of Mandan, Dakota, owns a pair 

 of full-blood buffaloes. 



In Dakota^ in the hands of parties unknown, there are four full- blood 

 buffaloes. 



Mr. James R. Hitch, of Optima, Indian Territory, has a pair of young 

 buffaloes, which he has offered for sale for $750. 



Mr. Joseph A. Hudson, of Estell, Nebraska, owns a three-year-old bull 

 buffalo, which is for sale. 



In other countries there are live specimens of Bison americanus re- 

 ported as follows: two at Belleview Gardens, Manchester, England j 



