. Zoological Society bulletin . at theElephant House on August 4. This was a femaleMalay tapir purchased from Captain Percy Watson,of the steamship Muncaster Castle from Chineseports and Singapore. With the tapir we received anumber of interesting birds, and some small mam-mals. From the disposition of the tapir as studiedwhile the animal was in its crate, it seemed possibleto put a rope about the neck of this alleged tamecreature, and lead it to the Elephant House. We de-cided otherwise, however, and later on were thankfulthat the newcomer had occupied her crate until themoment of her liberat
. Zoological Society bulletin . at theElephant House on August 4. This was a femaleMalay tapir purchased from Captain Percy Watson,of the steamship Muncaster Castle from Chineseports and Singapore. With the tapir we received anumber of interesting birds, and some small mam-mals. From the disposition of the tapir as studiedwhile the animal was in its crate, it seemed possibleto put a rope about the neck of this alleged tamecreature, and lead it to the Elephant House. We de-cided otherwise, however, and later on were thankfulthat the newcomer had occupied her crate until themoment of her liberation in the yard. Once liberatedshe completely lost her head, and plunged franticallyin all directions, wildly pawed at the soft earth inthe corners of the corral, and finally made an un-successful attempt to climb the fence. The shrill,whistling calls of our old tapirs had no quieting effectupon her nerves. It was hours before this attack ofhysteria subsided; but now she is as docile as arabbit. 792 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY THE WORLD-RECORD WHITE-TAILED DEER HEAD. WHILE we are not unduly zealous regardingantler1, of deer, elk, moose and caribou thatwidely depart from the standard horn archi-tecture of their respective species, it is yetwell worth while for the National Collection of Headsand Horns to contain a sufficient number of extra-fineexamples to illustrate the kinds of antlers that arepopularly known as freaks. Naturally, the varia-tions in freak antlers are very many, and in our viewit is only the finest examples, or the strangest forms,that are worth considering. Last year the State of Maine yielded the remark-able White-Tailed Deer head shown above. It came to us as the gift of Mr. Henry A. Caesar, of theZoological Society, and was mounted and furnishedby the S. L. Crosby Company, of Bangor, Maine. The antlers of Mr. Caesars gift are very long, verymassive and wide, and fortunately retain all thecharacteristic horn architecture of the NorthernWhite-Tailed Deer. T
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