THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM 



which the New World monkeys can cling and climb. Mar- 

 mosets, or squirrel monkeys, howlers, the capuchin, or 

 hooded monkey, and others of the New World are shown. 



The Old World monkeys include the rare Entellus mon- 

 key, one of the sacred monkeys of India, the horse-tailed 

 monkey and the Abyssinian baboon. The anthropoid apes 

 are represented by the orang-utan and the chimpanzee. 

 The gorilla is depicted on the wall on the left, accompanied 

 by a map showing the distribution of the Order Primates. 



The Central Hall, reached through Room 5, contains the 

 large animal groups, the eggs of North American birds and 

 certain mineralogical exhibits. 



Immediately facing the entry from Room 5 is a group of 

 South Atlantic petrels, so planned that the observer appears 

 to look over the side of a ship at sea and watch the sea birds 

 skimming the water and careening in the air around the 

 boat. 



Facing this group, on each side of the entrance, are two 

 window groups of South American birds and nests. One of 

 the interesting points about the group on the right, showing 

 a colony of Venezuelan orioles or hang-nests, is the fact 

 that these birds seem always to choose the vicinity of wasps 

 for their colonies, and the group shows the bird and wasp 

 nests pendent from the same branch. The left-hand group 

 shows a cave in the mountains of Trinidad, the home of the 

 curious and rare guacharo, or oil bird, whose nest is plas- 

 tered against the sides of the cave. The young birds are 

 shown in every stage of growth. This bird belongs to a 



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