Mr. Vigors and Dr. Horsfield on the Mammalia, ^c, 105 



78. Ahead and bill of the Man of War Bird, Diomedea exulans,-^ 

 The body was too bulky to transmit to you. 



Upon looking back to the number of the species, which I have con- 

 sidered as new, in the foregoing notes, I almost fear that I am involving 

 myself and the science in many errors, when I find how great is the pro- 

 portion which they bear, in so small a collection, to those which I have set 

 down as having been described. You will remember, however, that the 

 country from which they come has been as yet but little investigated. 

 You will, moreover, make allowance for the few materials which I have 

 for comparison and reference ; and take into consideration that I have had 

 no means of consulting the works of the more recent voyagers who have 

 touched on the Zoology of these parts. To you, therefore, I must look 

 for the corrections of my errors. 



I am, my dear Sir, 



most sincerely your's, 



Phillip Parker.King. 



Art. XT. Observations on some of the Mammalia contained 

 in the Museum of the Zoological Society, By N. A. Vigors, 

 Esq., M,A., F,R,S., ^-c. «wrf Thomas Horsfield, M,D,, 

 KR.S., ^c. 



[ Continued from Vol. III. p. 451.] 



Ord. Primates, Linn, 



Fam. SiMiiDiE. 



Gen. SiMiA, ErxL et Auct, ' 



The Museum of the Zoological Society is, comparatively speaking, 

 rich in the department oi Apes: a great proportion of the species of that 

 group, and many individuals of some of them being found in the collec- 

 tion. For these the Society is chiefly indebted to the zeal of their 

 Founder, who has been so frequently mentioned in these pages, as 

 one of the most munificent promoters and patrons of science of the pre- 



