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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 
Departments : 
Mammals Aquarium 
W. T. Horyapay. C. H. TownsEnb. 
Birds Reptiles 
LEE S. CRANDALL. Raymonp L. Dirmars 
WrritraM Berre. Honorary Curator. Birds 
Published bi-monthly at the Office of the Society, 
111 Broadway, New York City. 
Yearly by Mail, $1.00. 
MAILED FREE TO MEMBERS. 
Copyright, 1920, by the New York Zoological Society. 
Each author is responsible for the scientific accuracy 
and the proof reading of his contribution. 
Extwin R. Sansorn, Editor 
Vou. XXIII, No. 5. SEPTEMBER 1920 
did everything possible in the matter of rates 
and service to facilitate the shipment; and the 
United States Bureau of Animal Industry co- 
operated in expediting the shipment. 
Because of skilful handling only two of the 
important animals died on the voyage. A zebra 
died from a combination of home sickness and 
sea sickness and a sable antelope died as the 
journey was nearing the end. For thirty-eight 
days the animals have been on the way and dur- 
ing that time they were confined within the nar- 
row limits of their boxes. The length of their 
journey by rail to Durban and by the Chinese 
Prince to Philadelphia from Cape Town was 
7,800 miles. 
The animals consigned to the Zoological Park 
arrived there on September 11, and they all 
more or less showed the effects of their long 
trip. When the mountain zebra of the collection 
waddled out of his crate he staggered about the 
corral from leg stiffness like a zebra who had 
disregarded the prohibition amendment. The 
kudu for a time walked with its sea legs, and the 
brindled gnu took little apparent interest in 
life. This, however, was only for a time. After 
their stiffness had worked off and they all had 
eaten the best food the zoological park could 
offer, they perked up, and some of them wan- 
dered about exploring with interest their new 
homes. 
The largest and most valuable specimen was 
a Nubian giraffe ten feet high, which was 
allotted to the Philadelphia Gardens because its 
giraffe house was empty. Next in importance 
and value was a mountain zebra, a species now 
represented by only four hundred living indi- 
viduals; the kudu, most beautiful of all ante- 
lopes; the very handsome sable antelope, the 
lechwe antelope (never before brought to 
America), the gemsbok, eland, brindled gnu, 
spring-bok, blessbok and Chapman zebra. 
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The series of smaller animals included the 
wart hog, Cape hunting dog, fennec fox, long- 
eared fox, various jackals, many small cat ani- 
mals, hares, hyraxes, squirrels, porcupines, bab- 
oons and monkeys. The most important primates 
were three fine specimens of the new species of 
Rhodesian baboon recently discovered and de- 
scribed by A. K. Haagner. These specimens 
were presented by their discoverer to each of the 
three American zoos sharing in the shipment. 
The most important birds were white-bellied 
storks, Stanley crane, crowned crane, secretary 
bird, white-headed vulture, hornbills, eagles, 
vultures, and a host of smaller species. 
The division of the collection was made on the 
dock at Philadelphia and huge trucks brought 
the New York collection overland to the Bronx 
by an all night run of nine hours. The collection 
was made possible by the intelligence, energy 
and scientific knowledge of Mr. Haagner, who 
is Director of the National Zoological Gardens 
of South Africa at Pretoria. The managers 
of the Transvaal institution consented that the 
wild animals shouid be collected and kept in the 
Gardens until -they could be transported to 
America. Some of the animals just landed have 
been in Pretoria nearly three years. Director 
Haagner with a Pretoria keeper brought the 
whole collection to America. Some of the ani- 
mals were sent to the National Zoological Park 
at Washington. 
The Philadelphia and New York Zoological 
Societies are planning to send back to Pretoria 
on the Chinese Prince a large collection of 
American animals as a gift to the Pretoria 
Gardens. 
THE “APES” OF GIBRALTAR 
Because of the published reports which 
came to us from England regarding pos- 
sible action against the so-called “apes” 
of Gibraltar as a necessary sanitary measure, we 
wrote to General Sir H. L. Smith-Dorrien, in 
command at Gibraltar, inquiring for the facts, 
and also announcing the desire of the Zoological 
Society for some living specimens of the Gibral- 
tar monkeys, should any become available for 
distribution. It was stated that the ape colony 
was about to be destroyed as a necessary sani- 
tary measure. 
General Smith-Dorrien promptly and kindly 
replied as follows: 
“The monkeys have been on the increase for 
years, and complaints of the inhabitants in- 
creased too on account of destruction of roofs, 
etc., but worse still, fouling of roofs; and as the 
water supply is from rain water into tanks, 
