NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 49 
ROCKY ee GOATS ON THE ROOF OF THEIR 
HELTER HOUSE. 
is much more enduring in captivity than many animals 
which seem far more robust. A pair which entered the Park 
in 1900 is still living. The male has a temper which quite 
belies the reputation of the ‘“‘gentle gazelle.’’ Although 
loyal and kind to his cage-mate, toward human beings gen- 
erally he has manifested a very savage disposition, and in 
one of his fits of bad temper he broke off one of his own 
horns. 
The Indian Gazelle, (Gazella benncti),—frequently called 
in its home country Ravine ‘‘Deer,’’—is a habitant of the 
sterile, water-washed ravines of northern and central India, 
which are the oriental counterpart of our western ‘‘bad- 
lands.’’ This animal inhabits the same regions as the black- 
buck, but because of the religious scruples of the Hindoos 
against the taking of life, both species are secure from at- 
tack—until the arrival among them of the white sahibs. A 
full-grown Indian Gazelle is 26 inches in shoulder height. 
The females of this species possess horns, which are very 
slender, and vary in length from 4 to 8™% inches. 
MisceLLANEous MAMMALS. 
The Small-Deer House will at all times contain various 
mammals which are there shown because it is a practical 
impossibility to provide a separate building for’ each group. 
