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at the Primate House, where they seem to be fully acclima- 
tized. In form and habit they are remarkable animals, and 
well worthy of close attention. 
The Egg-Laying Mammals.—For several months there 
were exhibited here two Echidnas—of all small mammals 
ever seen alive in New York the most wonderful. The Kch- 
idna comes from Australia, the home of remarkable types of 
animals, and belongs to the lowest Order of Mam- 
mals, (Monotremata). Like its distant relative, the duck- 
billed platypus, it reproduces by laying eggs! Its back 
is covered with short but very thick spines, and its nose is 
a long, slender beak, absolutely unique. Other examples 
of this species will be exhibited whenever possible. 
THE PUMA AND LYNX HOUSE, No. 33A. 
Near the Small-Mammal House (No. 35) will be found 
a log cabin with its entire front opening into two wire- 
covered yards. The interior of the building is provided 
with sleeping-dens in which the occupants of the two en- 
closures can keep dry and warm. This installation is for 
lynxes, but half of it is occupied by pumas. Already it has 
fully proven the desirability of keeping lynxes and pumas 
constantly in the open air, and without artificial heat. To 
lynxes especially there is nothing more deadly than a well- 
heated room, indoors. 
