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would have been a dangerous proceeding for 
the keepers, and certainly would have resulted 
in the killing of the baby. If persisted in it 
it might have caused the death of Suzette herself. 
The aroused maniacal rage of an adult chim- 
panzee is a fearful thing to witness, and the 
fight she would have put up to keep her baby 
certainly would have ended in a tragedy. 
MEASUREMENTS OF BABY 
NINE 
CHIMPANZ 
DAYS OLD 
Wenethob ibodye.----— +=. 151% inches 
Length of head and body 101% inches 
Circumference of chest... 51% inches 
Spread of arnisee=2---- 203, inches 
Wengthw Ot arm 2 834 inches 
Wen othio tel coe eee inches 
Length of hand to tip of 
md destin er sere 3 inches 
Width Wot aimdets = = 114 inches 
Length of foot to tip of 
MmUGGlembOes sees 314 inches 
Wradithinot fOOts se 
Circumference of head... 
Jaga GrVigd Ns een eco 
Ear width. 
Weight 
114 inches 
854 inches 
114 inches 
114 inches 
35 ounces 
and 
Gray hair on lower lip and jaw. No 
Thick hair on head; also hair on back 
arms. 
teeth. 
Nore: A second article dealing in more de- 
tail with the physiological aspects of the birth 
of the chimpanzee baby will soon appear in the 
Society's scientific publication, Zoopathologica. 
ITEMS OF INTEREST 
Heaps ann Horns Museum.—At the quar- 
terly spring meeting of the Board of Managers, 
Mr. Madison Grant, Chairman of the Executive 
Committee, reported to the managers that the 
plans of Architect Whitfield have been com- 
pleted and approved and in a short time the new 
building which will house the collection of 
Heads and Horns will be under construction. 
The estimated cost is $145,000, and since the 
entire amount will be furnished by the Zoologi- 
cal Society, the building will be yet another gift 
to the people of New York. 
Mieratrory Biro Law Vicrory.—aAt least, if 
the phrase “Show me, I’m from Missouri” did 
not originate in the minds of some of the citi- 
zens of that famous state, its “‘pat’’ application 
cannot be denied by them, for that is exactly 
what the United States Supreme Court has 
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demonstrated beyond cavil in a recent decision. 
Mr. Grant, the Secretary of the Society, has 
received the following interesting communica- 
tion in re the Federal Migratory Bird Law as 
it will apply in future to Missouri. 
Washington, D. C. 
June i9, 1920. 
Dear Mr. Grant: 
This is to carry the pleasing news that the 
Supreme Court has promptly denied the appli- 
cation of the Attorney General of Missouri for a 
re-hearing of the “Migratory Bird Treaty Act” 
case. This appears to be the final coup on the 
enemy. 
Sincerely, 
EK. W. 
Nelson. 
RemnDeeR Streax.—Twelve years ago there 
were 1,200 reindeer in Alaska; now there are 
200,000, and an Alaskan capitalist plans to ship 
6,000 frozen carcasses to America 
this fall. The meat is said to be as good as 
beef and is expected to find a ready market. 
As only the surplus males are picked for slaugh- 
ter, the herds are growing rapidly, and within 
three or four years it is expected that the num- 
ber will have grown to a million. Alaska is 
said to be capable of providing forage for un- 
limited numbers of reindeer, and the natives 
find the raising of the animals easy and _profit- 
able.—Toledo Blade. 
reindeer 
Rosin Ties Up FreiGur.—An illustration of 
how the railroad muddle is delaying freight of 
every description was furnished the Merchants’ 
Association yesterday by a local lumber dealer. 
He has had $879,000 worth of lumber on its way 
here from the South since last December. An 
inspector of the firm recently found a robin’s 
nest built on a plank in one of the cars on a 
Southern siding. 
While the car was awaiting removal the robin 
had time to build its nest, lay its eggs and hatch 
its brood. 
Coup ResistinG Sxkin.—The skin of the rein- 
deer is so impervious to cold that any one clothed 
in such a dress, with the addition of a robe of 
the same material, may bear the intensest cold 
of any Arctic winter’s night. 
Wuate’s TretH Goop as Goitp.—When the 
Prince of Wales was in the Fiji Islands, en 
route from Honolulu to New Zealand and Aus- 
tralia upon the warship Renown, the Fijians 
presented to him many whales’ teeth. These 
are so valuable, according to native standards, 
as practically to be the gold reserve of the 
islands.—New York Evening Sun. L 
