AN INTERESTING EXHIBIT. 



By A. S. LE SOUEF. Director, Zoological Gardens. 



(Plate IV.) 



There is on exhibition at the Society's Gardens. Moore Park, an exceedingly interesting spe- 

 cimen of a male Chimpanzee, Anthropopithecus troglodytes, Linnaeus. This fine animal is now 

 fully grown, and is about seven years old. He is of a lively and playful disposition, and since 

 his introduction into the Gardens, has proved a source of much attraction to visitors. His gene- 

 ral health is, to all appearances, excellent, and his diet, which he thoroughly enjoys, is a mixed 

 one; it consists of fruit, vegetables and cooked meat, while in respect of a good hot curry he 

 is decidedly an epicure. The animal weighs 158 pounds, and his measurements, which are 

 given in inches, are as follows: — 



Height, as standing in picture 50; along body curves 59; circumference of chest 40; waist 

 35; arm, from top of shoulder to tip of forefinger, 33^2; hand, from wrist to tip of forefinger, 

 > '_: leg, from top of femur to tip of large toe, 31; foot, from heel to tip of large toe, 14%; 

 circumference of calf of leg 15; thigh 22}^. 



The photograph on the accompanying plate is of particular interest as showing that the 

 Chimpanzee can assume a semi-upright position ; it also illustrates the alignment that can natu- 

 rally occur in the big toe as shown in the right foot. 



