Ornithological and Other Oddities 



the open, to give him a chance of recovery by- 

 liberty and natural feeding. 



Speaking of the embonpoint of these devoted 

 wives, I may mention that I have noticed in 

 female monkeys of this species, and this alone, 

 this human tendency to portliness in advancing 

 age. I have seen another female rhesus in 

 Calcutta, which was very obese — a worthy 

 person whom I knew as a private pet for the 

 whole of my eight years' residence in India, and 

 she was elderly for a monkey when I got there. 

 She was a good old creature, and much ap- 

 preciated a kitten as a pet. I have never seen 

 a stout male monkey, and I once saw a male 

 rhesus in Calcutta which was known to be nearly 

 twenty years of age. He was a very large speci- 

 men, but his proportions were perfect, and he was 

 quite a monkey Adonis, being of the golden- 

 haired variety. 



These golden-haired Bunders are, of course, 



rare, and have quite a distinguished appearance. 



Their faces and hands are as clear a flesh-colour 



as a blonde human being's, and their fur is of 



a golden-buff tint. They evidently represent 



an approach to albinism, but their eyes are not 



pink, and they seem strong healthy animals. 



Two young specimens of the variety at the 



London Zoo some time ago were full of fun and 



frolic, and seemed, if anything, rather superior 



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