Evening star., 1898-12-24
ADDED T0ZOO FAMILY
Collection of Rare Beasts Received at
Park Today.
ROYAL BENGAL fIGRESS INCLUDED
Immense Yak Divides Honors With
the Tiny Lemur.
SOME FINE SPECIMENS

A valuable collection of animals arrived
in Wa shington last night. consigned TO the
Geological Park. They We're Transferred
1rom the railroad station to their future
nome in the hills on the Chevy Chase road
| carry this morning. and sleeked up and
paced IN their respective cages. The
beasts seemed well satisfied with their now
surroundings. and have settled doun %
enjoy the Christmas season in the most an
proved animal fashion
Inc new additions to the park We're nur-
CHASED few weeks ago in the metronolis
from the wild animal agents there by Haa5
| heeper blackburn OF the zoo, who went IN
tne greater city for that purpose. The col
iec'ion includes a number of excellent sna-
.lins .ii",A Oh the BEAST world. many being en-
'iieiy new TO this section of the country.
ne Narieaes range from an immense
YAK which closely resembles the Ameri-
can ounaio, down to a minute little lemur,
family
Mr.. Blackburn came on to Washington
ahead OF the shipment to arrange for the
care or the animals and had everything in
readiness. The beasts, some docile some
more or less ferocious, came Grated and
were taken out to the park on large trucks.
The Royal Tigres..
Probably the finest specimen in the new
collection which adds greatly TO the in
teresting show of animals at the park. is
royal Bengal tgress about sixteen
months old. She is a truly magnificent ani-
NAL, and will prove the center of attrac-
ton in the main building, where she has
been assigned one of the largest cages
The tgress is of a rich, deep brown COL
oring with stripes as black as night itself.
She is about three or four feet high on
av,1 ie 10 III 10 L.
She likes to be petted and coddled by the
at ttendants. and will lick their hands af-
fectionately, although they are as yet en-
tire strangers to her. Her coat is glossy
and fine, while her eyes are beauties of
their peculiar sort.
Another fine animal in one of the main
building cages is an Indian leopard, a pret-
ty young animal, hailing from Africa. The
funny little lemur, with his sharp nose
completes the additions to the main build
ing collection.
Two Varieties of Bear.
The antelope house, where the tempera-
ture is warmer than in the other buildings
presents lively scene today, for IT is prac-
tically filled with new animals. One Of the
interesting newcomers is tiny sun bear,
full grown and standing hardly three feet
when in an upright position. His coat Is
dead black and smooth as the best groomed
race horse.
His running mate in an adjoining grated
compartment is a Poonah bear, and both
of the beauties are from India. The Poo
nah bear has a long coat, and generally
wears IT "tousled.' in contrast to his bear
friend of the sun variety. Two excellent
specimens of the carroway, from the Mo-
lucca Islands are queer looking and inter-
esting birds.
A horse-tail antelope, from Asia and a
black buck or Indian antelope, with cork
screw horns, are interesting guests in the
antelope house. Two speciments Of the
wallaby, from Australia look like minia-
ture kangaroos, and belong to that family.
Yak and MOufHon.
Two of the larger animals. which will
have their habitat out Of doors were to-
day ensconced comfortably in the houses
adjoining their play grounds, where they
were confined temporarily. that they might
fanilarize themselves with the strange
surroundings. The yak from Asia is a
great big brute with towering horns, form
ing a semi-circle above his buil-like head.
His hair is long and black and he has
hump on the shoulders much like the
buffalo of the plains. The mouffion, an ami
NAL resembling the Rocky Mountain sheep.
has long coat of grayish white hair on
his breast and down his forelegs reaching
almost to the ground. The coat of the re-
mainder Of his body is short and glossy.