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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



CHIMPANZEE "ZONGO." 

 Male, three years of age. 



THE PRIMATE COLLECTION. 



The new Primates' House will open with a 

 collection for which there will be no occasion 

 to apologize. Already it contains a total of 

 34 species, represented by 103 specimens, and 

 between this date and the opening day im- 

 portant additions will be made. 



The great apes have already been mentioned. 

 The baboons are represented by a very good 

 male Hamadryas, three Black Apes (two spe- 

 cies), a pair of big olive and black East African 

 Baboons, representing a species but recently 

 discovered (Papio), a pair of long-armed 

 Golden Baboons, and two Chacmas. Of all 

 these, the Hamadryas is the most imposing, 

 chiefly by reason of the mantle of long gray 

 hair which covers the shoulders, and the long 

 side-whiskers which thrust out horizontally 

 from the cheeks. 



The Asiatic Monkeys are represented by the 

 common Macaque, the Rhesus Monkey, Bon- 

 net Macaque, two female Lion-Tailed ]\'Ionkeys 

 (rare), the Japanese Red-Faced Monkey — 

 able to live outdoors in winter — Pig-Tailed 

 Macaque, and other species. 



Of the African long-tailed monkeys, the 

 following important s]jecics are represented 



by from one to four specimens each: Mous- 

 tache Monkey, Hocheur or White-Nosed Mon- 

 key, Green Monkey, Patas, Vervet, Collared 

 Mangabey, Sooty Mangabey, and Mona. 



Of American Monkeys the Sapajou group 

 is well represented, five species being shown. 

 The Howlers and Sakis are at present entirely 

 wanting and greatly desired, although thus 

 far we believe it has been a practical impos- 

 sibility to induce Howlers to survive in a 

 zoological garden or park. The Ateles group 

 is represented by a particularly fine Black 

 Spider Monkey; and a cageful of Squirrel 

 Monkeys or Common Marmosets completes 

 the series of true monkeys. 



In Lemurs the collection is particularly rich. 

 There are twenty-two specimens altogether, 

 six of which are of the beautiful black and 

 white species known as Lemur varia. Except- 

 ing the Indri. this is the most showy of all the 

 lemurs, and their active habits and inoft'ensive 

 tempers render them very desirable animals 

 to have in a collection. There are 2 Ring- 

 Tailed Lemurs, 2 Gray, 2 Mungoose, i Muste- 

 line, 2 Yellow-Headed, i White-Faced, and 

 I Galago. 



In addition to the species already in hand, 

 the number necessary to represent the most 

 important of the remaining groups of Primates 

 is not exceedingly large. Thus far, and even 

 with the handicap of temporary quarters, the 

 mortality among our primates has been sur- 

 prisingly low. There have been but two cases 

 of tuberculosis. With the advantages that will 

 be afl^orded by the new building it is hoped 

 that the longevity of our four-handed folk 

 will justify the Zoological Society in the ex- 

 penditure of considerable sums of money in 

 acquiring a large number of rare and valuable 

 forms. 



A short time ago, the water m the Beaver Pond suddenly 

 lowered, thereby alarming the occupants most decidedly. 

 Evidently not discovering any error in the engineering of 

 the dam, they adjourned to the outlet of the stream, in the 

 iron and concrete enclosure, about twenty feet below. 

 Here they fell at work thrusting sticks between the bars 

 and plastering the openings with mud in the endeavor to 

 stop the leakage. At this time they have made consider- 

 able progress and the end is not yet. 



THE ALASKAN EXPEDITION. 

 The subject of an interesting article in the next issue of 

 the " Bulletin," will be the Society's Alaskan E.\pedition. 

 It will be treated as a narrative of events, richly illustr.'ited 

 with views of the beautiful mountain scenery and the wliite 

 sheep in their native haunts. 



The sheep inst.illation already comprises five fine speci- 

 mens, two Sardinian Moufflon, two Aoudad and one Hinif.- 

 lavan Tahr. 



