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These differ from the preceding in their habits, being found 

 in couples instead of in troops. They are remarkably active in 

 their movements^ but not distinguished by much intelligence. 



I pass over the three next genera, as, although I have no doubt 

 that several species in these families, which are common in Su- 

 matra and Java, are to be found in the peninsula, they have not 

 passed under my own observation. 



Macacus, properly so called. Tail more or less long. 



M. Sinicus, Desm. (syn. Simia /Szmc«,Linn.) Chinese Monkey. 

 Tailed, beardless. Fore-top horizontal, and diverging from the 

 centre of the head to the circumference, giving it the appearance 

 of a mandarines cap. 



This monkey is about the size of a cat, the tail considerably 

 longer than the body. The fur reddish brown, mixed with pale 

 yellow on the back. Is extremely active, and appears to delight 

 in frequenting the banks of rivers. 



M. nemestrinus (syn. Simia nemestrina, Linn.). The Brown Ba- 

 boon. Beard thin, eyes hazel, haunches naked; tail short and 

 slender, reaching only to the middle of the thigh. 



The colour of the fur is gray, deepening into brown on the 

 back ; dorsal line and middle of the head black. The face naked 

 and tawny ; nose flat and Hps thin. About two feet high. The 

 brown baboon is extremely ugly, but intelligent, lively, and 

 tractable, and susceptible of a considerable degi-ee of instruction, 

 easily learning to perform a variety of tricks. It is very abun- 

 dant in the peninsula. 



The Lemurs in their form approach to that of the quadrupeds, 

 but the shape of the hands and head is somewhat similar to that 

 of the preceding family of the Quadrumana, between whom and 

 the quadrupeds nature appears to have designed them to be, as it 

 were, a connecting link ; most of them are nocturnal in their 

 habits, from which circumstance and their disgusting appear- 

 ance Linnseus designated them Lemures, or ghosts. 



There are seven tribes of them, but only one that I am aware 

 of is to be found in the Malayan peninsula, viz. the Nycticebus, 

 Geoff, (syn. Lemur, Linn. ; Loris, Cuv.) 



N. Javanicus, Geoff., Desm. Javanese Lory. The animals of 

 this genus have a long body with a very short tail ; the eyes are 

 very large, prominent, bright, and directed forward. The limbs 

 appear weak, and the animal /^ drags its slow length along ^^ as 

 if it were pain to move. The species under description is about 

 a foot long; the fur red, with a deeper-coloured dorsal line. It 

 utters a low melancholy cry when teazed, and has a mournful 

 expression of countenance. 



Galeopithecus, Geoff., Pall., Desm. (syn. Lemur, Gmelin). 

 The Galeopitheci belong to the Cheiropterous order, and are 



