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SLOW LEMUR. 



SIAMANG. 



ing in the daytime as most of the monkeys. So far from 

 manifesting a disposition to retire to dark corners, they 

 love to lie in the sunshine. 



The Ruffed Lemur, or Black-and-White Lemur, (Lemur 

 varia), is the handsomest member of this entire group. 

 Its fur is very long, silky, and alternately pure white and 

 jet black. The Ring-Tailed Lemur has a very long, pointed 

 tail, ornamented with about 25 alternating rings of brown 

 and gray, which it carries very gracefully. This species 

 is of a more lively disposition than most others. The cu- 

 rious Indri has not up to this time come into the collection, 

 but it is expected in the near future. When it arrives it 

 can at once be recognized by the entire absence of a tail, 

 except a mere stump, and by its large hands and feet. 



ELEPHANT HOUSE, No. 20. 



Of its buildings for animals, the Elephant House is the 

 culminating feature of the Zoological Park, and it comes 

 quite near to being the last of the series. In token of these 

 facts, it is fittingly crowned with a dome. Through its posi- 

 tion in the general plan it closes a wide gap, and effectively 

 links together the northern and southern halves of the 

 establishment. 



The erection of this great structure began in 1907, and the 

 building was completed and its inmates housed in the fall 

 of 1908. The yards surrounding the structure were finished 

 in 1909. 



Any building which can comfortably accommodate a rep- 

 resentative collection of the largest of all living land ani- 



