. Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences . from the original specimen at the meeting of the British Association at Liverpool. This, Mr Gray thinks, will at once dispel Professor Wieg- man's doubts, because the tail is much longer and more slender, the fore "eet are much larger, and the hind ones smaller, than the Sea-Otter (Annats of Nat. Hist. Vol. ii. p. 286). Mycetes Seniculds.—Royal —KRed Monkey of Demerara.) Nothing can sound more dreadful than the nocturnal howlings of the great Red Monkey of Demerara. While lying in your hammock, in these gloomy an
. Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences . from the original specimen at the meeting of the British Association at Liverpool. This, Mr Gray thinks, will at once dispel Professor Wieg- man's doubts, because the tail is much longer and more slender, the fore "eet are much larger, and the hind ones smaller, than the Sea-Otter (Annats of Nat. Hist. Vol. ii. p. 286). Mycetes Seniculds.—Royal —KRed Monkey of Demerara.) Nothing can sound more dreadful than the nocturnal howlings of the great Red Monkey of Demerara. While lying in your hammock, in these gloomy and immeasurable wilds, you hear him howling at intervals, from eleven o'clock at night till daybreak. You would suppose that half the wild beasts of the forest were collecting for the work of carnage. Now, it is the tremendous roar of the Jaguar as he springs on his prey. Now, it changes to his terrible and deep-toned growlings, as he is pressed on all sides by superior force; and now you hear his last dying moan beneath a mortal wound. • * • • His flesh is good food ; but when skinned, his appearance is so like that of a young one of our own species, that a delicate stomach might possibly revolt at the idea of putting a knife and fork into it. However, I can affirm, from experience, that after a long and dreary march through these remote forests, the flesh of this Monkey is not to be sneezed at, when boiled in Cayenne pepper, or roasted on a stick over a good fire. A young one tastes not unlike a Kid, and the old ones have somewhat the flavour of the He- Goat Watertons Wanderings. the habits of the king of the VULTURES {Sarcorrhamphus Papa.) An interesting communication on the King of the Vultures having lately been received from Mr Schomburgh, the scientific and adventurous natu- ralist, now travelling in Guiana, we shall here give a condensed view of his principal statements. Mr Schomburgh remarks, that this is undoubt- edly the most beautiful of the Vulture family.
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