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Show 1877.] FROM DUKE-OF-YORK ISLAND. 117 The collection contains two specimens-a perfectly adult female, from which the above specimens were taken, and an immature female. Fig. 1. Fig. 21. Fig. 3. Fig. 2a. Fig. 3a. Fig. 1. Head of Harpyia major. Figs. 2 and 2a. Skull and lower jaw of Harpyia major. Figs. 3 and 3a. Skull and lower jaw of H. cephalotes. HARPYIA MAJOR, sp. nov. Much larger than //. cephalotes, Pallas, but with shorter ears, longer nasal tubes, and much paler-coloured fur, differing also in the form of the skull and of some of the teeth. Fur above pale buff, the base of the hairs on the back dark ; ex- 1 The back of the skull is imperfect in the specimen from which this figure was drawn. |