504- Jar dines Natural History of Monkeys. 



coast of Mauritius ; by Dr. Grant. This communication is, 

 in relation to its subject, of the same character as the one 

 above. No. 4. It is illustrated by a plate of figures exhUiitive 

 of the very interesting conformation of the animal's, organs. 



10. On a new genus in' the family of Corvidaa ; by Mr. John 

 Gould, F.L.S. " Three species of a natural group of birds 

 forming part of die family of Corvidae," and "natives of 

 eastern Asia," and nearly allied to the magpies, are, by Mr. 

 Gould, grouped into a genus, to which the name Dendrocitta 

 is applied. The paper exhibits their characters, generic and 

 specific ; and their affinities and synonymes. One of the three, 

 Mr. Gould has " reason to believe, is new to science;" and 

 this, of which a charming figure, from Mr. Gould's own 

 pencil, is given, is denominated D. leucogastra. The second, 

 p. sinensis, is the Pica sinensis of Gray ; and the third, D. 

 yagabunda, is the Pica vagabunda of Wagler. nuMS hdi 



Jarditie, Sir William, Bart, F.R.S.E. F.L.S. &c. : The Na- 

 tural History of Monkeys. Foolscap 8vo, 230 pages, 

 • 31 coloured plates, some woodcuts, and a portrait and 

 memoir of Buffon. It forms vol. ii. of The Naturalist's 

 Library. London and Edinburgh, 1.833. 6s. 



The spirit of the treatise is an exhibition of the systematic 

 characters, both external and anatomical, which the monkeys, 

 &c, at present known and written upon, have been found to 

 exhibit. _ F 



These notices of structure and affinities it is attempted to 

 relieve and enliven, throughout, with amusing facts and inci- 

 dents, selected from authors of credit, who have written on 

 the habits and amusing manners of these animals. The habits 

 and manners and the pictures may satisfy curious and general 

 readers ; while the considerations exhibited on the systematic 

 relations of the animals may gratify and satisfy naturalists. 

 The "Memoir of Buffon" will, doubtless, prove of interest 

 to both parties. 



The natural order Quadrumana " contains two great fami- 

 lies, Simiadas and Lemuridae." The present volume treats 

 exclusively of the Simiadae ; and at the end of the volume is 

 given that which should, according to our apprehension of 

 the systematic bearing of the book, have been placed in front 

 of it ; namely, a " Synopsis of the Simiadoe," which is, in page 

 200., thus spoken of: — " We refer to the Synopsis for the 

 numbers and characters of the species which have been au- 

 thentically described. It has been compiled from the works of 

 GeofTroy, Humboldt, Spix and Martius, and Desmarest." 



"The remaining family of the Lemuridae we shall endeavour 

 to illustrate in a future volume." 



