ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 
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soon diverges to the right, leading to a prominent build¬ 
ing known as 
The Dumraon House, 
It may be as well to explain here in passing, that all the 
more important houses have had special names bestowed 
on them in recognition of the munificence of the individuals 
whose names they bear. There is only one exception to 
this, in the case of the enclosure which has had associated 
with it the name of Buckland, as a tribute to the 
services rendered by Mr. Charles E. Buckland, C. S., 
at the beginning of the Gardens, and by his father after¬ 
wards during his tenure of the office of President of the 
Honorary Committee of Management. 
The house before which we now stand is named 
in honor of His Highness the Maharajah Sir Radha 
Prasad Sing, K. C. S. I., of Dumraon, who contributed 
Rs. 10,000. It is a large structure, and is devoted to the 
illustration of the Indian and Malayan species of monkeys. 
The house consists of eight compartments, in which will 
be found examples, as far as possible, of the following 
species, viz :—The Langur or Hunaman monkey, Sem- 
nopithecus entellus, and the Assam Langur, Sernnopithecus 
pileatus ; also the Bandar' or common monkey, Macacus 
rhesus; the crab-eating monkey, Macacus cynomolgus; 
the pig-tailed Macaque, Macacus nemestrinus ; the Ashy 
monkey, Macactis ocreatus ; and the Satyr monkey, some¬ 
times called the Wanderoo , Macacus silenus. 
They belong to the great section of monkeys known as 
the Catarrhine , from the fact that their nostrils are directed 
downwards and are separated from each other, merely by 
a narrow septum ; whereas in the second division, the 
Platyrrhine , the nostrils are far apart. All the 
