THE AMERICAN BISON IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. 25 



The St akin Transportation Lines, 



New York, March 4, 1902. 

 Dear Sir: In response to your communication of the 24th ultimo, 

 relative to the number of buffaloes in the different herds in this coun- 

 try, I beg to inform you that my herd consists of 6 full-bred bulls, 

 11 full-bred cows, 1 half-bred cow, 3 three-quarter-bred bulls, 2 three- 

 quarter-bred cows. 



Yours, respectfully, John H. Starin. 



Dr. Frank Baker, 



Superintendent National Zoological Park, 



Washington, D. C. 



New York Zoological Park, 



New York, February 13, 1902. 

 Dear Dr. Baker: In regard to the number of buffaloes in this 

 part of the world, I beg to say that we have now 14 head — 7 males 

 and 7 females — having absorbed the 3 owned by Mr. David J. Gar- 

 diner as a deposit. I imagine they will remain here indefinitely. We 

 have no hybrids, and intend to steer clear of them. There are now 

 only 2 buffaloes in Central Park, 1 having died last week; 1 in Van 

 Cortland Park, and 2 in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, as shown b} r vour 

 list. 



There are 5 buffaloes in the city park at Keokuk, Iowa, and 2 

 at Littleton, Mass., owned by Mr. H. E. Richardson. I think the 

 Conrad herd, at Kalispell. contains 35 head, instead of 30 — at least 

 that is what Professor Elrod wrote me. Six cows were sold, not long 

 since, from the Allard herd, to parties in Iowa, and 8 bulls were 

 sent to Tacoma to be butchered. Two were bought by Mr. John Row- 

 ley, of the Central Park Museum, and killed for mounting in some 

 museum. 



When I Avas called upon, last week, by the superintendent of the 

 Canadian National Park at Banff, he stated 30 as the number of buffa- 

 loes in that herd. 



I return herewith }/our list, and will be very glad indeed of a copy 

 of it when you have fully completed it. 

 Yours, very truly, 



W. T. Hornaday, Director. 



Dr. Frank Baker, 



Superintendent National Zoological Park, 



Washington, D. C. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



State of North Carolina, Executive Department, 



Raleigh, February 7, 1902. 

 Sir: His excellenc3 T the governor requests me to say to you, in reply 

 to your recent inquiry concerning the buffalo and bison, that there is 

 not a single buffalo or bison in this State, and probably has not been 

 in the last thirty or forty years. 

 Very truly, yours, 



P. M. Pearsell, Private Secretary. 



Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, 



Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C. 



