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the six wire enclosures on Mountain Sheep Hill contained 
the following species: 
Suleiman Markhor. Persian Wild Goat. 
Areal Mountain Sheep. Himalayan Tahr. 
Mouton. Aoudad. 
Because of the curious (and unaccountable) fact that 
they do not thrive on Mountain Sheep Hill, the Rocky 
Mountain Goat and Chamois are exhibited elsewhere. The 
former will be found near the Pheasant Aviary, and the 
latter at the Small-Deer House. 
Visitors are requested to make note of the fact that in 
winter, the Arcal Sheep, Mouton, and other delicate sheep 
are exhibited in the Small-Deer House. 
The White-Fronted Musk-Ox, (Ovibos wardi, Lydekker), 
is represented in the Park by a herd of six specimens. Five 
of these animals were born in May, 1910, in Ellesmere Land, 
and captured in that year by Paul J. Rainey and Harry C. 
Whitney, and presented by Mr. Rainey. The sixth individu- 
al, a vigorous and rather vicious female, was born on Mel- 
ville Island, in May, 1909, and captured by Captain Joseph 
Bernier. Owing to the domineering temper of ‘‘Miss Mel- 
ville,’’ it is not possible to keep her with the animals a year 
younger than herself, because she resents their presence in 
her corral. 
The Musk-Ox is an animal of strange form, inhabiting 
a small portion of the Arctic regions of the western hemi- 
sphere, up to the very northernmost points of land east of the 
Mackenzie River. At Fort Conger (Latitude 81°, 40’), 
its flesh was a godsend to General Greely, and later on to 
Commander Peary, also. Structurally, this animal stands 
in a genus of its own (Ovibos), midway between the cattle 
and the sheep, but it is unqualifiedly a misnomer to call it 
a ‘‘musk-sheep.’’ 
An adult male Musk-Ox stands 4 ft. 5 in. high at the 
shoulders and is 6 ft. 7 in. in total length. Our first specimen 
was a female, two vears old. She stood 3 ft. 2 in. high at 
the shoulders, and was 4 ft. 10 in. in total length. Her 
entire body was covered by a dense mass of fine light brown 
hair, of a woolly nature, overlaid by a thatch of very long, 
straight hair specially designed to shed rain. 
The Musk-Ox inhabits the Barren Grounds of northern 
Canada north of Latitude 64° from Great Bear Lake to 
Hudson Bay, Grant Land, and the northeast coast of Green- 
land from Franz Josef Fiord (Latitude 70°) to the most 
