2 Apes. 



been removed by its owners. These animals are 

 not only of great interest to naturalists, especially 

 "Sally" and her " younger sister/' but are a 

 source of never-ending amusement to the people 

 who all day crowd the house in which they are 

 confined. 



To naturalists the bald-headed chimpanzees are 

 specially interesting, as though the species was 

 described by Du Chaillu, who claimed to have 

 discovered it, and named it Troglodytes calvus 

 no living specimen had been seen, in this country 

 at least, until " Sally " was obtained in October 

 1883 ; and the young one, recently added to the 

 collection, is only the second that has been brought 

 to this country alive. Du Chaillu gave a very 

 interesting account of this ape the native name 

 of which he tells us is Nshiego mbouve; he 

 describes it as building for itself a nest, or rather 

 roof, under which to sleep, of leafy branches 

 ingeniously tied with vines to the tree in which 

 the nest is built, and adds, ' ' The tying is done 

 so neatly, and the roof is so well constructed that, 

 until I saw the Nshiego actually occupying his 

 habitation, I could scarce persuade myself that 

 human hands had not built it." The material for 

 the nests is, he tells us, gathered by both the male 

 and female; but the former alone acts as builder, 

 and the two do not occupy the same nest, or even 

 tree, but have separate habitations not far apart. 

 Du Chaillu obtained several specimens of this new 

 ape, one of which is now in the British Museum; 



