THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



building to serve instead of the river they frequent when 

 at home. 



North of the Elephant House is Baird Court, where are 

 situated the Lion House, the Primate House, the Large 

 Bird House and the Administration Building, the latter not 

 open to the public. 



The Lion House (15 on map) is a spacious building, 

 decorated exteriorly with animal sculptures by Eli Harvey, 

 with large raised outdoor cages and sleeping dens for 

 the animals, communicating as usual with indoor accommo- 

 dations. Here Barbary lions, Bengal tigers, leopards, 

 jaguars, Siberian tiger, pumas and other large felines make 

 a splendid spectacle. These animals are fed at 2 P.M. A 

 studio, at the northeast end of the Lion House, is arranged 

 for the use of artists who wish to make life-studies of its 

 animals. 



In the Primate House (17 on map) are the animals near- 

 est to man in the zoological order: the anthropoid apes, 

 baboons, monkeys and lemurs. 



The north hall of this house contains the anthropoid 

 apes, the type nearest to man; of these, the chimpanzee 

 and orang-utan are always kept on exhibition, and in their 

 large outdoor cage are a constant source of entertainment. 

 The great apes, however, are short-lived in captivity, and 

 therefore somewhat uncertain quantities in zoological 

 parks. The gorilla is especially delicate, and this most 

 human-like of the apes cannot always be shown for the 

 reason that specimens are difficult to obtain and quickly 



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