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repliiccd l)y tlio iieai-l}' alliod /. nfmentriniis, llio woU-kuowii short-luiired pip;-tail 

 monkoy of tlio Malay cotiiitiios, which is a liki'ly spiicics to inhabit also tlio soutliuru 

 Tcnasserim provinces. 15oth of them are hi_u;hly docile, and the manifold perforniancos 

 of "Jenny," the so-called Andaman monko)-, that lived for some time in the London 

 Zoological Gardens, will l)e remembered by very many visitors. In Sumatra the 

 short-haired species is commonly trained to gather cocoa-nuts. 



Male, from muz/le to tail 23; tail 8 = 31 inches. 



Jlanges from .\rakau to the Irrawaddy Valley. 



Speaking of the tail uf this species, Dr. Anderson remarks : " The caudal vcrtebr.x 

 have all the appearance, so to spc>ak, of (h'gradation, and look as if they were in the 

 process of becoming reduced to the rudimentary character which they assume in the 

 stumpy-tailed monkeys." 



M. CYxoMOLGrs, L. 



The crab-eating monkey. Myouk-ta-nga. 



J/, carbonarius, F. Cuv. 

 M. aureus, Is. Geoff. 



The various races of this monkey vary considerably in colour. In Burma they 

 are generally devoid of any yellowish tinge, the face blackish in the living animal, 

 with strongly contrasting wliito eyelids, and no trace of crest on the vertex. The 

 Malayan race is much less dark about the face, and the njjper parts are yellowish. 

 The individual variety of this monkey, of an orange colour, J/, aureus, lias been 

 sent from ilergui, by Maj. IJerdmoro, but there is no establislied race so coloured. 

 Dr. JIason oliservcs: "This monkey is more numerous in individuals than any otlier 

 species in the Provinces. It abounds on the sea-.shore, and on the banks of inland 

 streams, especially on tide-waters, where it aj)pears to draw a lai-ge portion of its 

 sustenance from crabs and shell-tisli found on the Ijanks. Henc^e the Uurniaiis have 

 named it the ' Fisher Monkey,' and when the tide is out a whole troop is often seen 

 issuing from the jungle to conchologize. Some arc observed turning over stones in 

 diligent search of shell-fish, others breaking up the sliells they have found to get at 

 the animals witliin, but most seem to be in search of small crabs, and wherever the 

 trace of one appears, a monkey will thrust down his arm up to the shoidder, if neces- 

 sary, to draw it out of its hole. Fruits, however, are as acceptable to them as shell-fish. 

 On one occasion, coming down close in-shore at tlie mouth of the Tcnasserim, a troop 

 of them followed my boat ibr a considerable distance, being attracted by the plantains 

 that we threw, which they picked up and ate with great avidity." 



Inhabits Burma, south of Akyab. In S. India and Ceylon this species is replaced 

 by M. nidiatus, and M. ^ulcatus respectively. 



Dr. Audeison lias [jointed out that the character of a dark or a livid colour per- 

 vading the face, hands, callosities, and the presence or absence of a pale supercilium, 

 is not of specific value, being variable, and subject to complete gradation, and he has 

 accordingly united the JI. carbonarius, and its golden variety. If. aureus, with the 

 Linnean species. The leading features of this animal, Dr. Anderson remarks, are 

 " its massive form, its large head closely set on the shoulders, its stout and rather 

 short legs, its slender loins and heavy buttocks, its tail thick at tlie base, and its very 

 full and prominent scrotum," whicdi is brownish, blotched with livid blue. 



M. AssAMENSis, MacClclland. 



A female of this species obtained below Bhamo is thus described by Anderson, 

 Colour "uniformly brown, with a rufous golden tinge over the shouhhsrs and neck, 

 the latter tint paling on the head, more especially over the externtd angle of the 

 forehead. It is pale yellowish behind the (>ars and on the back part of the cheeks, 

 where there arc a few intermix(!d black hairs. There arc a few black supraorbital 

 hairs, and the ears arc tufted with hairs of a similar colour, besides being well clad 

 internally. The face is surrounded from behind the ears to the chin by long pah; 

 yellowish hairs, and the beard as well developed, the hair having a woU-defineil 

 almost black subapical band. The limbs externally, and tlie upper surface of the feet, 

 are concolorous with tlie hinder cLuarters of the animal. The under surface of the 



