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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 
NEW MONKEY HOUSE 
The paddocks for antelope and deer are fairly 
large, and the housing facilities quite adequate 
for the climate. Recently, a large Monkey House 
has been constructed containing fifteen roomy 
open air cages with small night houses attached. 
It should be mentioned here that, owing to 
the lovely, salubrious climate of Pretoria, ex- 
pensively heated night houses are quite unneces- 
sary, excepting for reptiles and a few tropical 
monkeys. 
The following is a brief resumé of the col- 
lections: Near the entrance gate and to the 
right, will be found the Nocturnal House con- 
taining a collection of rodents and carnivora 
that sleep for the best part of the day. 
the South 
African 
These 
Africa 
spring-hare 
include poreupines of and 
America, the South 
AND ROSE GARDEN 
(Pedetes cafer), the coati-mundi of America, 
and several of the Mongoose family, including 
the black water mongoose and the white-tailed 
mongoose of South Africa. 
Swinging on their perches under the shade 
of a fine avenue of silver oaks will be found 
a good collection of the larger parrots, includ- 
ing the South American macaws and Amazon 
parrots, Australian cockatoos and parrakeets, 
the black V 
Indian 
1 parrot of Madagascar and some 
species. 
Not far from the main entrance is the Octagon 
House containing the leopards, including a fine 
pair of black panthers from the Straits Settle- 
ments, the hyenas, spotted, striped and brown, 
and a puma received by exchange from Wash- 
ington. 
MAIN AVENUE AND CHEETAH CAGES 
