The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09

V-S-I except Australia, Dut his
lLl1u llgllI largest habitat is in Africa.
lie is confined in North America
chiefly to the long peninsula from Mex
lea to Panama that unites the two
western continents. He Is found In
Europe only in the extreme southern
part Of Spain, along the Strait of Glib
rnltar, where tourists who have time
to wander among the forests overlook
| Ing the sea will discover him leaping
from branch TO branch as he does In
| tropical Africa.
Monkeys are very numerous along
the northwest coast of South America,
but are not found west Of the Andes
from northern Peru to the south end OF
| the continent. Their home In South
| America is chiefly in the forests Of Ven
ezuela throughout the great Amazon
basin and along the fluvlal systems of
the upper half Of the Paraguay and the
Parana rivers. A little south of the
| junction of these two rivers they dlsnp-
pear and the greater part of Uruguay
and Argentina regard them as curios-
lty to be exhibited in travelling shows.
| The monkey lives In the forests of
nine-tenths of Africa, from the mount
aims of the Atlas ranges in the north to
the Orange River of the south, and Is
also seen In great numbers and variety
throughout India, Burmah and Cochin
China, the islands of the Indian archi-
pelago and parts of southern China and
Japan. Strange to say, he draws the
| line at New Guinea and the neighbor-
| Ing tropical coasts of northern Austria
liza, where he Is conspicuous for his alb
sence, though the conditions there seem
to be favorable for his prosperity.
| The Indian elephant Is found
throughout that peninsula and also In
Burmah, Siam and the French East
Indies, but his range among the Islands
OF the archipelago IL confined to Suma-
ira and Borneo. He is not known In
Java.
| There seems to be no climatic reason
why he should not have appeared on
the other islands of the East Indies.
His home in Asia extends about seven
teen degrees of latitude further north
than that OF his African cousin. who
was once numerous among the Atlas
! Mountains, near the Mediterranean,
but, having been exterminated there,
his most northern range Is only about
fifteen degrees north of the equator.
He roams through the Soudan and
the whole Of Central Africa, from the
neighborhopd of Tlmbultu and Lake
Chad as far south as the Tropic of Ca
pricorn in South Africa. Not many
years ago the African. elephant was
browsing on the site of what is now the
city of Durham. on the South African
coast, but he was hunted so persistent
ly that he has entirely disappeared in
the southern part Of Africa, and is now
found not nearer than 1900 miles north
Of Cape Town.
The polar bear will not wander very
far from the ice oceans Of the north.
The result is that his habitat is ex-
tremely narrow, though 1t girdles the
world in the Arctic regions.
He wanders along all the northern
coasts of the continents and the shores
of the Arctic Islands. Peary has seen
him on the edge Of the most northern
land yet discovered around the north
| coast or Greenland.
If we were to visit Iceland for look
Mt the polar bear we should have to go
to the north coast to see him. The
waters washing the other coasts Of the
island appear to him little too warm
for comfort. This is natural, for the
south coasts are under the influence of
the warmer waters of the Atlantic, and
the polar bear cannot understand why
any one should enjoy life in such an
uncomfortably hot climate.
We have the skunk all to ourselves
In North America. He lives in Canada
MS far north as the upper part of the
Mackenzie River, and is distinctively n
North American animal.
He is found throughout our broad do.
main from Portland, Me-, to Oregon,
and from Florida to Los Angeles. For
some reason he seems to have preju-
dice against Nova Scotia, and is not
known in Newfoundland.
The skunk is really a very respect
able beast and cannot be severely
blamed for making himself obnoxious
to his enemies. Some bold experiment.
ers assert that the skunk is very good
eating.
There are Just four regions In which
the wild African ostrich is now found.
He lives in considerable nnmbers in
Arabia. where he has been little
hunted. In Africa his most northern
habitat is the Seudan and the southern
part OF the Sahara from the Red Sea
almost to the Atlantic Ocean.
He does not live in the excessively
moist regions of Central Africa, but
in the drier countries between the In
dian Ocean and the Nile he is found in
considerable numbers. His fourth
home in Africa Is in the great dry dis
tricts of German West Africa, from the
Atlantic Ocean more than half way
across the continent.
He was long ago driven out of the
thirst lands OF Cape Colony. for hunt
ers became zoo numerous for him. The