National Zoological Park. 7 
cariama , screamers, jabirn, flamingo, spoonbill, scarlet ibis, and 
other large wading birds, caimans, large snakes and large lizards. 
Farther to the south occur the guanaco, the Patagonian cavy, the 
rhea, or American ostrich, the coscoroba and black-necked swans, 
and several species of geese and penguins, 
and among the mountains of Chile, Peru, 
and Bolivia are found the alpaca and 
vicugna, the chinchilla, the rare spectacled 
bear , and the condor. 
Asia. —Southern Asia and the adjacent 
islands afford the rhinoceros (three species), 
1 elephant (female only is desired), tapir , buf¬ 
falo, gayal , gaur , antelopes, gazelles, deer, 
chevrotains and muntjacs, wild swine, tiger, 
leopard, cheetah and smaller cats, ichneu¬ 
mons, civet cats, bears, orang, gibbons, lan¬ 
gurs and related species, proboscis monkey, 
macaques of various species, black ape, 
lemurs and fruit-eating bats; also eagles, 
vultures, hornbills, pheasants, jungle fowl, 
tragopans, fruit-pigeons, etc., and croco¬ 
diles, pythons, and large poisonous snakes. 
On the highlands of the interior are 
found a number of rare and superb moun¬ 
tain sheep and antelopes, several of which, as the argali or Pamir 
sheep, the serow, and takin, have never as yet been on exhibition in 
any American or European zoological garden. The same region 
affords the musk deer, ounce or snow leopard, yak (female chiefly 
ARGALI OR PAMIR SHEEP. 
desired),'and rare pheasants. The Bactrian camel and the wild ass 
also .may be had there. In Japan may be had the Japanese bear, a 
deer, a peculiar goat-antelope, an interesting monkey, the raccoon¬ 
like dog, otter, badger, wild swine, and pheasants. 
RHEA. 
