Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



male was sent East to be stuffed. Soon after the death of 

 the male, the female showed symptoms of tuberculosis also, 

 and she died after an illness of only two months. The post- 

 mortem revealed the right lung completely occupied with a 

 tubercular mass that was firmly adherent to the posterior 

 thoracic wall. Softening of the tubercle had commenced ; 

 left lung inflamed and filled with an exudation of frothy 

 fluid ; one small tubercular mass in liver ; other organs nor- 

 mal. Brain fully developed and perfectly normal ; examined 

 about eight hours after death by myself. I have preserved 

 the female, which has been nicely photographed by Mr. T. H. 

 Kelley, Secretary of this Society, who has kindly given us the 

 negatives used for Plate X. When the male was returned 

 mounted, from New York (Rochester), it was found that the 

 facial angle was wrong, the upper lip swelled and projecting, 

 when, in fact, the lower lip projected markedly in both of 

 these animals during life. The face had been also painted 

 entirely black, whereas, the muzzle was flesh-tinted in life. 

 When the stuffed male was placed in front of the cage the 

 female refused to have anything to do with him, and was so 

 annoyed by his presence that it was necessary to screen him 

 from her sight. I was requested by the Superintendent to 

 tint the face flesh color, and had the animal moved in front of 

 the glass door to copy the color from the female, who was 

 lying s i 'ck in the cage. When she saw me at work she made 

 a series of unearthly screams, and flew at the door as though 

 she would tear me to pieces, but as the color was applied she 

 became quiet, watching me intently all the while. After this, 

 when I put my face near hers to see the color, she attempted 

 to kiss me, and whenever I went near her up to the time of 

 her death, she behaved in an affectionate and gentle manner, 

 and very different from the way she had acted toward me 

 before. 



Such a look of keen inquiry and surprise as shown from 

 her deep brown eyes,* and was expressed on her homely face, 

 I have never seen in any animal other than the genus Homo. 

 From the torn hair and scratches inflicted by her on herself, 



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*Hartman, in his excellent work on Anthropoid Apes, p. 95, Inter. Scientific 

 series, vol. 52, says the iris of the chimpanzee is light brown, verging on yellow. 

 The iris of those under consideration was the darkest of brown, almost black. 



