. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. THE BUFFALO 101 park and garden contains as many head as it can properly accommodate. It is useless to give a list of these animals, because owners and fig- ures are constantly changing. The Buffalo breeds readily in captivity, and is easily cared for. The majority of captive animals are reasonably tractable, but occasion- ally an individual becomes savage and danger- ous, and requires either solitary confinement or contains one hundred and twenty-eight head of pure-blood a
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. THE BUFFALO 101 park and garden contains as many head as it can properly accommodate. It is useless to give a list of these animals, because owners and fig- ures are constantly changing. The Buffalo breeds readily in captivity, and is easily cared for. The majority of captive animals are reasonably tractable, but occasion- ally an individual becomes savage and danger- ous, and requires either solitary confinement or contains one hundred and twenty-eight head of pure-blood animals, and the number is steadily increasing. The largest herd on public exhibition is that of the New York Zoological Park, which in 1903 contained thirty-four head of piu-e-breed animals representing all ages, presented by the Hon. William C. Whitney from his October Mountain preserve. The value of a full-grown Buffalo cow in New. R. Sanbokn, Photo AMERICAN BISON, OR BUFFALO. An adult male, " Apache," of the Whitney herd. Photographed in the New York Zoological Park, near the end of the shedding season. shooting. The best place in which to exhibit a savage Buffalo is a museum. Full-grown males must be watched closely for signs of per- manent ill temper, and a savage Buffalo should be treated the same as a tiger. Frequently the first serious sign of danger in a Buffalo is the murder of a weaker member of the herd. The largest herd in a fenced game preserve is that of Blue Mountain Park, in New Hamp- shire, established by the late .Austin Corbin. It York is from $400 to $.500, and an adult bull is worth about .$100 less. Excei^tionally fine mounted heads are worth from $300 to $.500. The Buffalo was first seen by white men in Anahuac, the Aztec capital of Mexico, in 1521, when Cortez and his men paid their first visit to the menagerie of King Montezuma. In its wild state it was first seen in southern Texas, in , by a ship-wrecked Spanish sailor. The Buffalo once
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