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the preceding. Pace bare, of a blueish colour, and slightly 

 wrinkled. The line of the face is singularly straight and per- 

 pendicular. The ears nearly of the same colour. The palms 

 and soles of the hands and feet are black. The thumb of the 

 hands very short. Callosities large. Tail long and tapering, 

 exceeding thirty inches. 



The hair of this and the preceding species is long, and in this 

 soft and silky. 



SIMIA FASCICULARIS. 



Kb A of the Malays. \J 



Frequent in the forests of Sumatra and the Malay islands, 

 where they are met with in large companies. 



The body is about twenty inches long, and the tail a little more. 

 The back and upper part of the head are of a reddish-brown 

 colour ; the tail and sides of the body grey, which becomes 

 still lighter on the inside of the limbs and lower part of the 

 body and face. The face is brown, and covered with short 

 light grey hairs. The cheeks are furnished with tufts of the 

 same colour, much longer than the beard. The eyelids, par- 

 ticularly the upper ones, are white. The eyes are brown, the 

 eyebrows prominent, and the muzzle projecting. The nose is 

 prominent between the eyes, and flat at its point, where the 

 nostrils open obliquely some way above the lip. Cheeks 

 pouched. Ears roundish, obtusely pointed behind. Canines 

 short. Callosities strong. Thumb of the hands short. 



The Malay name has frequently a close resemblance to the cry 

 of the animal it designates ; and this is remarkably the case in 

 the present instance, as well as in the Simpai, Wouwou and 

 others. 



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