108 t>R. J. E. GRAY ON A NEW WEST-AFRICAN MONKEY. [Mar. 27, 



Moreover this individual, when called hy those with whom it was 

 acquainted, would follow them about quite tamely, and take food from 

 their hands, proving that this wild, restless, and very shy bird is 

 capable of being tamed and reared in captivity, Mr. Palmer's bird 

 mocks with great accuracy the Piping Crow, TVonga Wonga Pigeon, 

 Parrots, and various other birds in the same aviary and in the vici- 

 nity, and about the dusk in evening is often heard to utter its own 

 peculiar whistle. I offered Mr. Palmer a liberal price for the bird, 

 so that I might send it home by the ship ' La Hogue,' which sails 

 for England this day, but I did not succeed in obtaining it." 



Mr. P. L. Sclater read an extract from a letter addressed to him 

 by Dr. Schlegel, For. Memb., stating that the Musee des Pays-Bas 

 had recently received seven specimens of a Cassowary collected by 

 the late traveller Bernstein in Salawatty and on the coast of New 

 Guinea, opposite to Salawatty, in the same locality where Rosenberg 

 obtained his Casuarius kaupi. The species had turned out to be C. 

 uniappendiculatus, Blytb, the same as that of the fine specimen 

 alive in the Amsterdam Gardens, the single caruncle not being deve- 

 loped in the younger bird. It appeared, therefore, that C. kaupi of 

 Rosenberg (Journ. f. Orn. 1861, p. 44) must be regarded as iden- 

 tical with C. uniappendiculatus, Blyth. Dr. Schlegel was also ex- 

 pecting specimens of the Cassowary from the Aroo Islands, which 

 he suspected would turn out to be C. bicarunculatus. If this sup- 

 position were to be verified, Mr. Sclater remarked that we should 

 have the following distribution of the known species of Casuarius : — 



1 . C. galeatus, ex Ceram. 



2. C. uniappendiculatus, ex Salawatty et Nov. Guinea. 



3. C. bicarunculatus, ex ins. Aroensibus. 



4. C. bennettii, ex Nov. Britann. 



5. C. australis, ex Austr. bor. Cap. York. 



Dr. J. Murie and Mr, St. George J. Mivart communicated a joint 

 memoir on the anatomy of the Lemuroidea, principally relating to 

 the myology of these animals. This paper will be published entire 

 in the Society's ' Transactions.' 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Notice of a New West- African Monkey living in the 

 Gardens of the Society. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., 

 V.P.Z.S., &c. 



(Plate XVI.) 



Mr. Bartlett a few days ago brought to the British Museum a 

 Monkey which he believed to be new ; and, as I am engaged on the 

 examination of these animals, I have herewith sent a short descrip- 

 tion of it, that it may be inserted in the scientific catalogue. Mr. 

 Bartlett informs me that it was obtained from Liverpool, having 

 been imported bv the lately arrived West African Mail. 



