NOTES FROM THE SCOTTISH ZOOLOGICAL PARK 95 



NOTES FROM 

 THE SCOTTISH ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



Birth of a Hybrid Monkey. — Monkeys have bred from time 

 to time in various zoological collections, but such births are by no 

 means frequent, and although there have been expectations at 

 various times in the Park they have hitherto been disappointed. 

 The arrival of a baby monkey was quite unexpected; its mother 

 was a young and scarcely full-grown Rhesus Monkey {Macacus 

 rhesus), and its father a rather ancient Common Macaque {Macacus 

 cynomolgiis). The mother was one of about ten Rhesus Monkeys 

 all living, together with the father, in the large monkey cage in 

 the Park, and when the baby made its appearance it was interesting 

 to observe that the other monkeys showed no disposition to hurt 

 it in any way, but seemed to regard the mother and baby with 

 friendliness. During the first few hours the father remained 

 constantly on guard driving off, with a show of teeth, any others 

 which ventured near, but before the first day was over the other 

 monkeys, having perhaps shown the innocence of their intentions, 

 were permitted to come near and have a good look, and on the 

 second day the mother and young one, with several other adults, 

 were all sitting together in a closely packed mass. Unfortunately, 

 the young one only lived three days, and the body has been sent 

 to the Royal Scottish Museum and will be exhibited there. It 

 showed some of the characters of both the parent species, though 

 that of the father predominated, the length of the tail particularly 

 resembling the father. 



Recent Additions — Nezv Tigers. — The most valuable gift of 

 animals received for a long time is a fine pair of Malay Tigers. 

 They reached the Park during the winter, but as they arrived from 

 a tropical region, they could not be exhibited immediately in the out- 

 door cages, and their arrival was therefore not made public at the 

 time; they are now, however, on view in the lion-house. These 

 tigers, a full-grown male and female, are the gift of the Sultan of 

 Johore, and Avere obtained through the kindness of Sir Arthur 

 Young, G.C.M.G. Messrs Alfred Holt & Co. most generously 

 granted a free passage for them from Singapore to London, and 

 they travelled on the s.s. Glaucus. From London, the timers came 



