ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



A\ ACROBATIC GOAT— HIMALAYAN TAHR 



Tlli^ hardy and skilful moiiiitaiiipei-, in lieu nlnu-ks tu tlimb, ascends tlie 



!itoak in liisiurral. 



Success 7C'if/i the Gibbons. — I'rom time to 

 time we liave pointed out witii some pride tiie 

 continued good iiealth of tiie white-handed gib- 

 bon. Animals of this type are extremely deli- 

 cate as captives. This gibbon remains in 

 splendid health and attracts much attention 

 owing to its wonderfully agile acrobatics and 

 its weird calls. A hoolock gibbon, now in tiie 

 Primate House about seven months, resjionds 

 to the cries of the older specimens, and the 

 result is ear-piercing, particularly . so when the 

 baboons and lemurs join their varied voices as 

 a chorus. 



An Infant Baboon. — For the fourth time 

 since her arrival at the Park ten years ago, 

 the female long-armed baboon is a happy and 

 faitiiful mother. The infant baboon is carried 

 in her arms, and cuddled in the same fashion 

 as a human baby. The mother never permits 

 it to play farther than a foot away from her. 

 Upon the least suspicious sound the youngster 

 is snatciied to her breast, and she retires to the 

 highest and most inaccessible part of her cage. 

 This baby has much worried its parent by a 



)jersistent habit of playing with his long tail, in 

 the course of which it has worn the hair away 

 from the tip of that appendage. The mother's 

 method of punishment is to gently bite the little 

 baboon's fingers, varying the pressure of her 

 teeth according to the gravity of the offence. 



Signs of JVinter. — According to the actions 

 of the outside animals we are destined to ex- 

 perience a severe winter. Severe cold came 

 early this year. A few days before Thanks- 

 giving the mercury dropped to eighteen de- 

 grees, and the Park ponds were frozen from 

 shore to shore. The squirrels have built ex- 

 ceptionally large nests, and the prairie "dogs" 

 were never busier than now in gathering bun- 

 dles of dry leaves for bedding. Moreover, these 

 latter animals are carrying below ground a 

 considerable amount of their food. They are 

 extremely fat, and locomotion is but an a\\k- 

 ward waddle. Within two or three weeks they 

 will retire for the winter, and venture abroad 

 only on abnormally mild days. The colony is 

 in good condition. R. L. D. 



