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Show 168 DR. J. E. GRAY ON A NEW WEST-AFRICAN MONKEY. [Mar. 27, Moreover this individual, when called by those with whom it was acquainted, would follow them about quite tamely, and take food from their hands, proving that this wild, restless, and very shy bird is capable of being tamed and reared in captivity. Mr. Palmer's bird mocks with great accuracy the Piping Crow, Wonga Wonga Pigeon, Parrots, and various other birds in the same aviary and in the vicinity, and about the dusk in evening is often heard to utter its own peculiar whistle. I offered Mr. Palmer a liberal price for the bird, so that I might send it home by the ship ' La Hogue,' which sails for England this day, but I did not succeed in obtaining it." Mr. P. L. Sclater read an extract from a letter addressed to him by Dr. Schlegel, For. Memb., stating that the Musee des Pays-Bas had recently received seven specimens of a Cassowary collected by the late traveller Bernstein in Salawatty and on the coast of New Guinea, opposite to Salawatty, in the same locality where Rosenberg obtained his Casuarius kaupi. The species had turned out to be 0. uniappendiculatus, Blyth, the same as that of the fine specimen alive in the Amsterdam Gardens, the single caruncle not being developed in the younger bird. It appeared, therefore, that C. kaupi of Rosenberg (Journ. f. Orn. 1861, p. 44) must be regarded as identical with C. uniappendiculatus, Blyth. Dr. Schlegel was also expecting specimens of the Cassowary from the Aroo Islands, which he suspected would turn out to be C. bicarunculatus. If this supposition were to be verified, Mr. Sclater remarked that we should have the following distribution of the known species of Casuarius:- 1. C. galeatus, ex Ceram. 2. C. uniappendiculatus, ex Salawatty et Nov. Guinea. 3. C. bicarunculatus, ex ins. Aroensibus. 4. C. bennettii, ex Nov. Britann. 5. C. australis, ex Austr. bor. Cap. York. Dr. J. Murie and Mr, St. George J. Mivart communicated a joint memoir on the anatomy of the Lemuroidea, principally relating to the myology of these animals. This paper will be published entire in the Society's ' Transactions.' , The following papers were read : - 1. Notice of a New West-African Monkey living in the Gardens of the Society. By Dr. J. E . G R A Y , F.R.S., . V.P.Z.S., &c. (Plate XVI.) Mr. Bartlett a few days ago brought to the British Museum a Monkey which he believed to be new ; and, as I am engaged on the examination of these animals, I have herewith sent a short description of it, that it may be inserted in the scientific catalogue. Mr. Bartlett informs me that it was obtained from Liverpool, having been imported bv the lately arrived West African Mail. |