ZOOI.OGICAI. SOCIK.TV HIM.KTIX 



The antelope collection is v. 



rival. He immediately became friendly witli 



Ills keepers. 



Primate House Improvements. — Extensive al- 

 terations are taking place in the Primate House. 

 We are endeavoring to render this building as 

 disease proof as possible, and all partitions are 

 being filled with cement and the walls of the 

 (■ages are being covered with an especially 

 heavy and tenacious fibre which is water-proof 

 and aseptic. New floors are being constructed 

 in the smaller cages, and while the work is ex- 

 tensive we have been able to keep the" building 

 open to visitors. The health of the great 

 orang "Ali" continues to be good and the animal 

 is in the best of spirits. He is so powerful 

 that every portion of his cage was necessarily 

 strengthened. 



A Skilled Moiiiitaiiiier. — Our \isit()rs are 

 treated to a rather remarkable s))ectacle at the 

 northerly section of the Mountain Sheej) Hill. 

 In the north corral is an extremely lofty oak 

 with wide spreading branches, and visitors are 

 quite amazed to see a number of goats walking 

 out on the limbs of this tree at a great eleva- 

 tion. These animals arc the Himalavan tahrs. 



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•y complete and interesting. 



They are the most agile jumpers and climbers 

 on exhibition in the Park. We have erected a 

 series of posts, in step-like fashion, and these 

 goats jum)) from one to another and finallv into 

 the tree. They seem quite at home in their ar- 

 boreal plavgrounds and there has never been 

 a fall. 



The XKhiaii Giraffe. — The fine Nubian 

 giraffe that arrived here several months ago ex- 

 hibits a remarkable antipathy to passing 

 through the door of his stall. We imagine that 

 .■it some time this animal has struck his head 

 in passing through a door and the impression 

 still lingers when he is coaxed to go through. 

 He has stood and looked for weeks througli 

 his door at the spacious yard, but it is impos- 

 sible to entice him out. Two weeks ago he 

 slip])ed at the doorway and in terror dashed 

 through the opening. Once in the yard it was 

 impossible to get him in again. During a thun- 

 der storm we were much concerned about this 

 .■minial. Giraffes are much inclined to be 

 thrown into a panic with each lightning stroke 

 and we were afraid the animal would dash 

 .■ibout his corral and injure his limbs against 

 the fence. We tried in every waj' to coax him 



