New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-06

ment There is always a crowd watching these ser
penis and Just at present the winter quarters OF the
hppopotami are lied with boxes containing all sorts
of snakes that have been Brought here by Dr. ORellly
Among the fifty snakes are many OF the most poison
oIS s1ch as the fer-de-lance and ufadder but per
haps the most interesting animal in thus COLLECTION Is
the ella monster, the only really poisonous lizard
known 1t IS about fourteen inches long with skin
formed Of small rounded KNOBS, With Irregular marx
ings OF yellow and black The head broad ana nat
ana the tail at the IS three eghts Of an linen
in dametdr, not apeHng oil TO fine point as IN All
house that always has large number Of visitors
is the antelope hOusc. All of these deer are 50 gentle
that they arc particular favOrltes with tie women ana
children. The prettly marked aNlsueer ana the
mOuiOn arc perhaps the gentest of all, while the curl
ols headed hartebeest Is frightened and nervous
on the first day she there rare animal In this
house the tapr that has lately been deposited in the
menagere. The writer heard man few days ago
was, turn away from 1t, taking hts two boys with him.
The smaller mammal house is thinly attended This
is chiefly owing TO the fact that the smell in this house
is anything but pleasant. 1t IS. however, well worth
n visit as the civet and other cats are extremely
handsome animals. There are also In this house q
ca. When at play, they are most amusing chasing
one another round the cage, and occasionally one VIII
roll itself up into perfect ball and by wonderful
means bound about the cage like a rubber ball Near
this house Is the pigeon house. There are NUMBER OF
Woorbces pigrOn rare bird from Southern India, and
lived in millions in the Western states, but now, like
the bison arc nearly extinct. In THIS cage. too i've
between these two birds a few days ago. The
writer had caught a. cicada in the Park. and
seized by the bird STIMULATED with all Its might, and
jack promptly dropped it, not knowing what sort OF
an Internal machine he had got hold Of. The spoon
bill came up investigate, and soon had the insect
I'm his beak and began to tap its life ont while jack
looked on disc0nsOlate, thinking what fool he had
been to lose 50 good a meal.
Interesting animals are the Zebu, sacred COW Of
India alongside Of whom the African buffalo and
the American bison. All these animals have been
born in the park, their fathers and mothers having
died long ago. The Angora goats have a com
Portable Enclosure on the side Of the HILL and
looked better than they do just at present Near them
are tethered Wachita," the alpaca, the guanacO and
llama. The alpaca is wonderfully tame and will fol
low her owner. Ira Garfield. ir. faithfully as any
sunday morning.
The sea lions were a great attraction for time but
their popularity has decreased greatly These animals
are chiefly dlStingishabe for the curious positions
they get into their nOisness and the ishy odOr that
hoyers around them.
There are always to be seen people watching the
roedeer the Japanese the Trinidad, the red and the
waplti These two latter are the mOnarcils among
the deer at the mcnagere, and the bucks of both
are royalty antarah