The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
Philippine BEASTS AND BIRDS.
Specimens That win BE Hsrd TO Get for
the Smithsonian Institution.
Irom the chicago Record.

ZION the CAfcdGo Record.
/ MANILA, Oct 21-on the desk OF the Adiu-
tant eneral, in the palace, there lies pamphlet
from the Smithsonian Institution, telling what
speci mems Of animals are wanted from The Philip
pines In the Hrst place, a "tanarau" In wanted
Now the "tamarau" Is an exceedingly wary and
very wild animal Of the buffalo order 1tissmaller
than the carabao and fcrcer in tight II lives
In the Island Of Mindoro. and hides in the Jungle
and swamps Just at present there are very few
persons gathering specimens from that particular
island. For that matter. there are not many
specimen hunters anywhere in these parts.
Another animal wanted Ia the tarsor monkey.
That little beast has rings around his eyes that
remind one OF spectacles His tall Ia longer and
bis heed is larger than those o. ths average mon.
Key The INSTITUTION aiso asks h NJ, " DC given
q the civet cal OF musang fruiteatng bats Of dif
cougo or flying lemur, and the very remarkable
and Interesting tarsier or magou.' In the bird
and hospSs s g, iS and psrnIesss pbens
and pigeons, pelicans and cuckoos There ore
several more that will Be accepted, but these are
Coming back TO the "tamafau." u will be ex.
tremey difficult for the Institution TO gee, speci,
the taXidermist. its Of record that The savage
little animal is trapped u will commit suicide
rather than submit 10 captivity. This u will do
ha.s n, h.. H. o. 10 n,nn..s ~ ,uo UT
70 death. And there Is little hope for The young.
~, H. w." w. , , 70 LAX t @ WI WIFI
and die in short time. As a consequence these
m,,ae,,ms and b ,acs af ,dv.n1,s ~ hn VIC
Thsv ash, c. py ,so oi t ~. =. ho ,
Apcrics but they ofiener fight The iaIg,i buffalo.
The bm,o o or rny,,b,n 10 ,ysa w,nted punn \, a
be an easy matter TO get that animal II can be
kept alive, but II will need It's bath Of mud twice
q N n
ihe spor, Of hunting them Is q little less than that
stalk IFS felioTs Rebnd tbs unrielJS beast, 70
h h blind or dssoy and delivers two blows IN the
,hs hunter has .hamstrungr his victim. Z not he
Isl, KILLED before ne can eet away ne old buffalo.
@ s bis tanned brother 'f po ms :. &
mrs. sighI Ine young are no, 80 Wise and they
are are captured snd tanned The native undcTstends
end swkssTdnsss /. tsE,s some SIX SIX Years b;
pioughins, but in that SIX years he has Learned
that there Is nothing but kindness for him; that he
He comes to know each member o. the family.
and carries the children around on his back with
enduring lie will pull ali that is put behind
s% q se al nn aH Is s S,
up into steaks. Of which he does not lake tho
best Should all go we'll however he Is good for
six years hard work and six years more OF lighter
work. and then he IL driven to the slaughter.
house. The carabao is one OF the slowest animals
that ever tried I" move: Tor this reason the san.
itaty department Of Manila has -upplanted him
with the briskcr bullock Of the East
The cat Of the Philippines W. wanted nv the
museum authorities II will be easy To procure
as there nrr plenty Of cats To spare in every mu-
nicpalty and barrie in this part of the archi pelago
These cats, the real thornughbrrds. have a little
hook AT the end Of their tails and straighten
them out even when they run up a tree out 81 the
way II n dog. There are wildcats in the island
and they are about the only wild animals the
natives fcnr. Wonderful stories ~ Jungle and
hill are told in which the wildcat plays the part
OF the ngrcssnI. They are Of the tiger nature.
living on the flesh II Other animals and getting
II ~ the why nature has taught them.
There are many birds. though few songsters
II Inns been told how the martin was imported
into this country and royalty received by the
Spanish Government They have increased
aud multiplied, but they do not sing 4 few
thrushes do sing, but the MARBLE Of the North
american songsters is missing from the piping
The thrush is shy, too, and IL is a lucky man |
that secs one. Among the fowls Of the air" are |