Guide to the nature treasures of New York city; American museum of natural history, New York aquarium, New York zoölogicl park and Botanical garden, Brooklyn museum, Botanic garden and Children's museum . ia and Africa, the rare harpy eagle of SouthAmerica, the kolbe, the red-tailed and other hawks, theAmerican or bald eagle, condor and others. A beautiful wooded park containing a herd of the Euro-pean red deer surmounts the slope overlooking the EagleAviary, and south of these the Zebra House with its out-door corrals (14 on map) accommodates the zebras andwild asses. The Wild Horse House and
Guide to the nature treasures of New York city; American museum of natural history, New York aquarium, New York zoölogicl park and Botanical garden, Brooklyn museum, Botanic garden and Children's museum . ia and Africa, the rare harpy eagle of SouthAmerica, the kolbe, the red-tailed and other hawks, theAmerican or bald eagle, condor and others. A beautiful wooded park containing a herd of the Euro-pean red deer surmounts the slope overlooking the EagleAviary, and south of these the Zebra House with its out-door corrals (14 on map) accommodates the zebras andwild asses. The Wild Horse House and corrals adjoin theseon the west. Grevys zebra, Grants zebra, Chapmans zebra and therare mountain zebra of Cape Colony are here, and the herdof Mongolian wild horses is especially interesting, provid-ing a link between the zebras and wild asses and the un-striped domestic horse. The Persian wild ass, the gudha, or dwarf donkey, and theRocky Mountain sheep have their homes here. Descending again into the bird valley, east of the Euro-pean red deer, passing the outdoor cages for variouspigeons and doves, the Aquatic Bird House is found, sur-rounded by ten large outside cages containing the owls. 173. FLYING CAGE—INTERIOR LAKE AGASSIZ BEAR DENS 174 THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK The house is used in winter for the occupants of the out-door Flying Cage; in summer the Aquatic Bird House isclosed. Several large outdoor bird cages southwest of theAquatic Bird House contain the grackles, finches, sparrowsand other hardy American birds. The Flying Cage (5 on map) is one of the most interest-ing installations in the Park: a huge structure of wire net-ting supported by a steel frame and enclosing several largetrees and a good-sized pond. The cage is 152 feet long, 55feet high and 75 feet wide, permitting a considerablerange of flight to its occupants. These are a varied assort-ment of rare and showy water birds, among which are thewood ibis, the Indian, black, scarlet, black-headed, andw
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