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  Messrs. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Robinson 
  ayid 
  C. 
  B. 
  Kloss 
  on 
  

  

  ornitliologist 
  and 
  mammalogist, 
  Daniel 
  Giravd 
  Elliot. 
  Tts 
  

   appearance 
  has 
  been 
  awaited 
  with 
  some 
  interest 
  by 
  workers 
  

   in 
  mammals, 
  as 
  no 
  recent 
  monograph 
  of 
  the 
  Lemurs 
  or 
  

   Monkeys 
  exists, 
  that 
  of 
  Schlegel 
  *, 
  published 
  in 
  1876, 
  being 
  

   much 
  out 
  of 
  date, 
  while 
  Forbes's 
  'Handbook 
  of 
  the 
  

   Primates 
  ' 
  t, 
  is 
  much 
  compressed 
  and 
  admittedly 
  elementary 
  

   in 
  treatment. 
  

  

  It 
  must 
  be 
  confessed, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  present 
  work 
  is 
  

   extremely 
  disappointing, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  author 
  altogether 
  fails 
  

   to 
  conform 
  to 
  the 
  high 
  standard 
  of 
  precision 
  and 
  exact 
  

   description 
  set 
  by 
  other 
  workers 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  

   many 
  departments 
  of 
  Zoology, 
  but 
  more 
  especially 
  iu 
  the 
  

   domain 
  of 
  Yertebrata. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  first 
  place, 
  he 
  has 
  apparently 
  not 
  yet 
  grasped 
  the 
  

   essential 
  nature 
  of 
  a 
  subspecies 
  or 
  local 
  race, 
  and, 
  con- 
  

   sequently, 
  admits 
  to 
  full 
  specific 
  rank 
  forms 
  that 
  even 
  sub- 
  

   specifically 
  are 
  of 
  very 
  doubtful 
  value, 
  because, 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  

   words 
  (Vol. 
  I. 
  p. 
  iv), 
  "Intermediates 
  between 
  what 
  are 
  

   regarded 
  as 
  species 
  have 
  rarely 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  order, 
  and 
  

   neither 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  forms, 
  no 
  matter 
  how 
  closely 
  they 
  are 
  

   evidently 
  related, 
  can 
  properly 
  be 
  deemed 
  a 
  subspecies, 
  no 
  

   intermediates 
  having 
  been 
  observed. 
  Also 
  the 
  author 
  has 
  

   not 
  seen 
  his 
  way 
  to 
  establish 
  a 
  subspecies 
  between 
  the 
  

   dweller 
  on 
  an 
  island 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  mainland, 
  because, 
  no 
  

   communication 
  being 
  possible, 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  inter- 
  

   mediates 
  would 
  seem 
  most 
  improbable 
  ; 
  not 
  so, 
  however, 
  

   with 
  the 
  dweller 
  on 
  contiguous 
  islands 
  which 
  may 
  at 
  one 
  

   time 
  have 
  been 
  portions 
  of 
  a 
  larger 
  island, 
  or 
  where 
  com- 
  

   munication 
  between 
  the 
  islands 
  may 
  be, 
  or 
  at 
  an 
  earlier 
  

   period 
  has 
  been, 
  possible. 
  Under 
  such 
  conditions 
  sub- 
  

   specitic 
  forms 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  ; 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  mainland, 
  where 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  evidence 
  of 
  a 
  gradation 
  from 
  one 
  form 
  to 
  another, 
  

   subspecies 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  accepted." 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Elliot 
  has 
  overlooked 
  several 
  facts 
  which 
  render 
  the 
  

   arguments 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  above 
  statements 
  are 
  based 
  alto- 
  

   gether 
  fallacious. 
  It 
  is 
  safe 
  to 
  assert 
  that, 
  with 
  exceedingly 
  

   few 
  exceptions, 
  monkeys 
  are 
  never 
  represented, 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  

   largest 
  Museums, 
  by 
  such 
  complete 
  series, 
  either 
  from 
  the 
  

   same 
  localities 
  or 
  from 
  the 
  geneial 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  as 
  

   are 
  species 
  of 
  such 
  orders 
  as 
  Chiroptera, 
  Insectivora, 
  or 
  

   Ilodentia. 
  Most 
  institutions 
  are 
  satisfied 
  when 
  a 
  monkey 
  is 
  

   represented 
  by 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  specimens 
  covering 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  

  

  * 
  Miis(^irm 
  cVHistoire 
  Naturelle 
  des 
  Pays-Bas, 
  par 
  H. 
  Schlegel, 
  

   Tome 
  yii. 
  Mouographie 
  40: 
  Siniipe. 
  Leide 
  : 
  E. 
  J. 
  Brill, 
  1876. 
  

  

  t 
  Allen's 
  Naturalists' 
  Library. 
  'A 
  Handbook 
  of 
  the 
  Primates,' 
  by 
  

   Henry 
  O. 
  Forbes, 
  LL.D., 
  F.Z.S." 
  2 
  vols. 
  Londou 
  : 
  W. 
  H. 
  Allen 
  & 
  Co., 
  

   Ltd., 
  1892. 
  

  

  