Philip Lutley Sclater

“ There appears to be evidence of the present existence of at least four species of birds of the genus Apteryx in New Zealand, concerning which we beg to offer the following remarks, taking them one after the other in the order that they have become successively known. ”

“ Hoffman, who up to the time of his lamented death, worked vigorously at the Fauna of this interesting region, met with three species of Quadrumana and forwarded examples of all to Berlin, namely,—
1. An Ateles, apparently the same as Deppe's Mexican specimen—though varying in colour. "This species," writes Dr. Hoffman, "varies very much in colour from red to to grey. It is called Mono Colorado, and has a flavour like mutton."
2. Mycetes palliatus, Gray.
3. Cebus hypoleucus, Geoffr., called in Costa Rica Mono caro biancho. "It bellows like a dog," says Dr. Hoffman. ”

“ We therefore trust that such members of this Association as have friends or correspondents in any part of New Zealand will impress upon them the benefits that they will confer on science, by endeavouring to procure more specimens of, and additional information concerning, the different species of the genus Apteryx. ”

“ During my stay in the province of Nelson I had myself two living examples (male and female) of this species. They were procured by some natives, whom I sent out for this purpose, in the upper wooded valleys of the river State, a confluent of the Aorere, in a country elevated from 2000 to 3000 feet above the sea level. It appears that this Apteryx still lives very numerously and widely spread in the extended southern continuations of the Alps. ”

“ In the inhabited portions of the southern districts of the Northern Island also, it is become nearly exterminated by men, dogs, and wild cats, and here is only to be found in the more inaccessible and less populous mountain-chains, that is in the wooded mountains between Cape Palliser and East Cape. ”

“ In Guatemala Mr. Salvin informs me that Monkeys are rather scarce and difficult to be seen, but that three species have been described to him as existing there. Of one of them he has brought home an imperfect skin, which appears to be that of an Ateles.
In Nicaragua, M. Sallé states that he found four species of Quadrumana during his travels. Examples of two of these were purchased by the British Museum in 1848 through Mr. Cuming, and are now in the collection. One of the species is an Ateles (probably A. frontatus) , the second is a Mycetes, described and figured by Dr. ”