1878.] MR. J. H. GURNEY ON ASTURINULA MONOGRAMMICA. 791 



as Cervus mesopot amicus, purchased October 31st. This makes a 

 pair of this fine Deer now in the Society's Gardens. Like the male 

 obtained in 1877, the present specimen was obtained at Bussorah 

 and brought to England by our energetic correspondent Capt. 

 Phillips, of the S.S. 'Mesopotamia.' 



I take this opportunity of recording the following facts relating to 

 some hybrid Monkeys lately born in the Society's Menagerie, which 

 Prof. Garrod has kindly put together for me: — 



During the earlier months of the present year (1878) there were, 

 together in one cage, three Monkeys along with others of smaller size 

 and less developed. The three were : — (1) a male of Macacus cyno- 

 molgus, or of one of the allied local forms, from Upper Burmah 

 (presented on May 19th, 1875), a particularly fine specimen; (2) a 

 female adult Cercocebus fuliginosus (presented on the 3rd of April, 

 1876) ; and (3) a female Mandrill, Cynocephalus mormon (presented 

 on the 5th of September, 1877), not adult. 



The keepers of the House assert that they repeatedly observed the 

 male Macaque in copulation with both females. 



On October 2nd the Mangabey fell down from a high perch in 

 her cage dead. All organs, including the brain, appeared quite 

 healthy on postmortem examination. The uterus contained a foetus 

 far advanced in growth, apparently lacking about three weeks or a 

 fortnight of full development. 



On October 14th the Mandrill gave birth to a live young one, 

 which still survives. 



There seems no reason to doubt that the Macaque was the father 

 of both the young ones, there being no male Mandrill nor Mangabey 

 which could have had access to them, and the Mandrill's young 

 one having a short tail 1 . 



The following note was read from Mr. J. H. Gurney, F.Z.S. : — 



" Nortlirepps Hall, Norwich, 

 July 30, 1878. 



" In the'/ Proceedings ' of the Society for the present year, mention 

 is made at page 354 of two specimens of Asturinula monogrammica, 

 procured by Mr. E. C. Buxton at Darra-Salam, on the eastern 

 coast of Africa. 



" One of these skins was presented by Mr. Buxton to the Norwich 

 Museum, accompanied by the following memorandum : — ' Sings like 

 any thing of an evening and, I believe, morning.' 



" I am not aware that this habit of A. monogrammica has been 

 previously noticed ; and as it appears to indicate an affinity between 

 this species and the genus Melierax (which Asturinula also resembles 

 when adult, in the remarkable red coloration of the cere, tarsi, and 

 feet), I think Mr. Buxton's short note on the subject ought to be 

 recorded. "J. H. Gurney." 



1 Cf. Blyth's notice of a hybrid Monkey between Macacus ncmestrinus and 

 Cynocephalus porcariits in J. A. S. B. xxxii. p. 455 ( 18*5'*). 



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