I Monkey House Number 



;7' ZOOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY BULLETIN 



No. 6 Pri!i.isiii:n uv Tiik Ni.w York Zcioiogicai. Sociktv November, 1901 



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THE NEW PRIMATES' HOUSE. 



T( )\\ARr) the nianiiiials of all Orders save 

 one. human interest is variable and er- 

 ratic. The various groups have their sc])arate 

 admirers, and from the elephant to the Spinv 

 .-\nteater of Australia, there is no mannnalian 

 fannly without its circle of patrons and cham- 

 pions. 



I!ut there is one Order which attracts the 

 entire human race, and compels universal at- 

 tention. The savant and the savagfc, the prince 

 and the pauper, are moved by a common im- 

 pulse to meet on common ground before the 

 cages of the Primates. The spectacle of human 

 likeness as displayed by apes, baboons, and 



RUFFED Lli.MLK, LLML'i: I ARIA. 

 The Zoological Society has recently received six specimens from Mada^.tscar. 



