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away, and take the grain from her hand eyeing her intently, all the 

 while. Occasionally one would stealthily approach from the throng 

 and make a sudden grab for the grain, bounding instantly back amid 

 the crowd, but this was rarely attempted. One individual who 

 would not approach near enough to obtain any food, consoled him- 

 self by sitting down a short distance away, and taking his feet in his 

 hands rocked himself backward and forward and up and down, and 

 evidently enjoyed himself hugely. Some grain was thrown into their 

 midst, and they immediately became busy picking it up, but very 

 quietly and without any squabbling or fighting about it. After we 

 had disposed of most of the grain we had brought, the rest was 

 scattered upon the ground, and all the monkeys gathered about it in 

 a solemn circle, with their backs rounded and heads sunk between 

 their shoulders, like so many little old men, and we left them busily 

 employed. It was an extraordinary sight, this great gathering of 

 wild monkeys, perfectly behaved, no attempt being made to bite, or, 

 to their visitors, exceeding in any way the bounds of polite society. 



Hanuman which means 'long jaw,' was a member of the Monkey 

 Kingdom of Southern India, who aided Rama in his conquest of 

 Ceylon by forming a bridge of rocks opposite Manar. 



Pygathrix albipes (I. Geoffrey). 



Semnopithecus albipcs I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p 14; Id. 

 Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, V, 1852, p. 536 ; Gerv., Hist. 

 Nat. Mamm., I, 1854, p. 61 ; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., 

 V, 1855, p. 34; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., 

 fasc. I, 1856, p. 87; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 

 1862, p. 97; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating 

 Pats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 15; Anders., Zool. Res. Exped. 

 Yunnan, 1878, p. 18. 

 Type locality. "Manilla, Island of Luzon, Philippine Archi- 

 pelago." Type in Paris Museum. 



Color. Long hairs on forehead black; top of head, neck and 

 entire upper parts, shoulders, arms, and upper edge of thighs reddish 

 or pinkish buiT ; sides of head and throat yellowish white ; tail grayish 

 brown, hairs pale brown tipped with white ; limbs, hands, feet, under 

 parts and inner side of limbs grayish white. Ex type in Paris Mu- 

 seum. 



The specimen in the Paris Museum, labelled as the type of this 

 form, is a yellowish white animal tinged rather strongly with reddish 

 on upper parts and on arms. There is a central upright occipital crest. 



