ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



This building is i 



nearly 



PRUMATES' HOUSE, 

 npleted and will be ready for occupancy within the next month. 



monkeys fairly fascinates humanity, and will 

 continue to do so, even after the great problem 

 of human relationship has been solved. 



The new Monkey House now nearing com- 

 pletion in the New York Zoological Park is the 

 first of the series of large buildings for tropical 

 and sub-tropical mammals. Officially, and for 

 the sake of scientific accuracy, it is called the 

 Primates' House, because "Primates" is the 

 name of the zoological order which includes 

 the apes, baboons, monkeys, and lemurs. Pos- 

 sibly until the new word becomes well-known 

 and established, the building will be popularh- 

 known as the Monkey House. Meanwhile, the 

 inscription in cut stone over each doorway will 

 serve as a perpetual reminder that the great 



apes, the gibbons, and the baboons are not mon- 

 keys, any more than horses are burros. The 

 comprehensive accuracy of " primates " is 

 worth to the public all it will cost to bring the 

 word into general use. 



The Primates' House will be fully completed, 

 fully stocked with animals, and ready for the 

 public about December i, 1901. So far as can 

 be judged at present, this structure when com- 

 pleted will be all that its sponsors have hoped 

 and intended it should be — an ideal home for 

 the primates of the world. It is generous in 

 proportions, artistic in design, rich in materials 

 and ornamentation, admirably served with 

 light, heat, and air, and as perfectly finished 

 in all its details as the works of a watch. 



TAOMKEY H0U.5E. 

 MyvrnrLOOpPLA^i 



Showing ; 



GROUND PLAN OF PRIMATES' HOUSE, 

 angemenl uf the various groups of apes, monkeys, baboons ; 



