Guide to the nature treasures of New York city; American museum of natural history, New York aquarium, New York zoölogicl park and Botanical garden, Brooklyn museum, Botanic garden and Children's museum . hese latter dens affordsa fine view of the Beaver Pond and Dam and brings thevisitor to the back of the Reptile House. The open-air Tortoise Yards flanking the east wall ofthis building may be examined first; here, in summer, thetortoise and large tropical lizards may be seen taking airand exercise. These yards are connected with indoor quar-ters for use when the weather is cool. The giant to
Guide to the nature treasures of New York city; American museum of natural history, New York aquarium, New York zoölogicl park and Botanical garden, Brooklyn museum, Botanic garden and Children's museum . hese latter dens affordsa fine view of the Beaver Pond and Dam and brings thevisitor to the back of the Reptile House. The open-air Tortoise Yards flanking the east wall ofthis building may be examined first; here, in summer, thetortoise and large tropical lizards may be seen taking airand exercise. These yards are connected with indoor quar-ters for use when the weather is cool. The giant tortoisesare especially interesting, growing to enormous size andliving to a great age. The largest specimen, from the Gala-pagos Islands, weighs 225 pounds. These creatures arenow to be found only on isolated groups of islands in thePacific and Indian Oceans, but from fossil remains foundelsewhere they appear once to have inhabited all the conti-nents. Among large lizards, the Australian monitor, thepowerful tegu of South America and the iguanas should bementioned. The lizards here and in the Reptile Houseform a comprehensive collection. The Reptile House, the first large building to be erected 154. HI ROCKING STONE 155 THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK in the Park, contains a series of examples, carefully se-lected, to afford a general view of the four importantgroups of living reptiles—turtles, crocodiles, lizards andsnakes—and of the still more interesting amphibians-frogs, toads, newts and salamanders. Even in this largebuilding it is impossible to show anything approaching acomplete collection of the reptiles of the world, and thearrangement of exhibits varies from time to time accordingto conditions and demands on space. To the right of the south or entrance hall there is shown,for purposes of local interest and instruction, a collectionof the harmless and poisonous snakes of New York window cases at the left of this hall house a series ofAmerican batra
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