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^ Sutton, J. B. On the Diseases of Monkeys in the Zoological Society’s 
Gardens. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 581. 
Tuberculosis, far from being a common cause of death in monkeys, is 
extremely rare, the majority dying either of bronchitis or of rickets. 
■A Testut, L. Le long flechisseur propre du pouce chez 1’homme et chez 
les singes. Bull. Soc. Zool. 1883, pp. 164-185. 
The author describes the flexor muscles of the hand of several 
monkeys, and then shows that different human subjects have possessed 
most of the modifications seen among the higher apes. The flexor pollicis 
is often more or less fused with the other deep flexors, and thus loses its 
special human characters. 
SlMIIDiE. 
“^Hartmann, R. Die menschenahnlichen Affen und ihre Organisation im 
Yergleich zur menschlichen. Leipzig : 1883, 8vo, pp. 313. 
[Not seen by Recorder ; cf. Science, ii. p. 668.] 
Troglodytes gorilla. On a young specimen obtained for the Berlin 
Aquarium ; E. Fried el, Zool. Gart. xxiv. p. 86. 
Troglodytes niger. On its anatomy ; J. B. Sutton, J. Anat. Phys. xviii. 
pp. 66-85. Two young male chimpanzees were dissected. 
Troglodytes mayema. On the habits of a young specimen of this re- 
puted species while in captivity at Landana; L. Famelart, Bull. Soc. 
Zool. 1883, p. 149. The author believes that gorillas do not extend much 
below 5° S. lat. . 
Simla satyrus. On its habits in captivity ; H. A. A. Niclou, Album 
Nat. 1882, p. 195. 
Cercopithecidj!;. 
Macacus. On the habits of and possession of reasoning powers by a 
young Macaque and other allied monkeys ; J. von Fischer, Zool. Gart. 
xxiv. pp. 177, 193, 227, 257, 289, 325. 
Macacus philippinensis. On an albino specimen ; P. Juillerat, La 
Nature, 1883 (1) p. 17. 
Cynocephalus mormon. On its breeding in the Hamburg Zoological 
Gardens ; W. L. Sigel, Zool. Gart. xxiv. p. 235. 
Cebid,e. 
Protopithecus bonariensis , sp. n. (foss.), Gervais & Ameghino, op. cit. 
(gen. subj.) p. 6, S. America. 
Chiromyid^i. 
Chiromys madagascariensis. A general account of this species ; E. 
Coues, Encycl. Amer. i. p. 374, Art. ‘Aye-aye.’ Notes on its habits in 
captivity ; Rev. G. A. Shaw, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 44. 
