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' Remark. The species to which this bird is most nearly allied 
‘appears to be ZL. chrysocome; but it differs in being of a smaller 
size, in its much darker colouring, particularly of the throat, sides of 
the face, and wings; the superciliary stripe and the filamentous feathers 
into which it is prolonged are also much less developed. 
EupyrtTes DIADEMATUS, Gould. 
Face, chin, upper part of the throat, and sides of the neck sooty- 
black ; feathers of the forehead and crown long, narrow, and silky- 
yellow at the base, and silky-black for the remainder of their length, 
those on the sides of the head considerably prolonged ; a stripe of » 
ehrome-yellow commences at the nostrils, continues over the eye, 
and extends in lengthened narrow filamentous feathers behind that 
organ; upper surface black, each feather with a narrow line of greyish- 
blue at the tip; outer side of the wing dark-grey, edged posteriorly 
with white ; tail black with grey reflexions ; under surface of the body 
and the under side of the wing, except at the base and tip, silky- 
white, the base and tip being sooty-black ; bill chestnut-brown ; eye 
pinkish-chocolate ; feet livid. 
Total length 25 inches, bill 23, wing 6, tail 43, tarsi 1}. 
Habitat. The Falkland Islands. 
Remark. This is a somewhat large species, and bears the same 
relationship to #. chrysolophus, that EL. nigrivestis does to E. chry- 
socome ; it differs, however, from L. chrysolophus in the darker 
colouring of its chin and the presence of the rich chrome-yellow stripe 
which passes over theeye. It differs also from FE. pachyrhynchus in 
the more lengthened and less robust form of the bill. 
For both these new species, science is indebted to Captain Abbott. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. Notice oF soME Rare Species OF QUADRUMANA, NOW 
LIVING IN THE SocretTy’s Menacerie. By Puiiie LUTLEY 
Scuater, M.A., SrcretTary TO THE SOCIETY. 
(Mammalia, P}. LX XXII.) 
The Society’s collection of living Quadrumana, though not large 
at the present moment (embracing about sixty individuals, belonging 
to twenty-six species), contains examples of several rare and little- 
known animals of this order, concerning which I beg leave to be 
allowed to make a few remarks. ‘The difficulty of accurately descri- 
bing living animals, particularly of this kind, is so well known, that 
I shall make no apology for confining my observations to the general 
characters by which I hope to make the species more easily recog- 
nizable, trusting that, as when dead they will be offered to the Bri- 
tish Museum, there will be better opportunity of examining them 
more fully hereafter. 
