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which have gone in for eccentric nasal development are 

 near relatives of the langurs. The first of these, which 

 has been known in Europe since 1781, is an inhabitant 

 of Borneo, where, be it observed, there are also true 

 langurs with normal noses. As may be seen from the 

 figure, which represents a male in the Natural History 

 branch of the British Museum, the proboscis monkey, as 

 the species is called, is characterised by the inordinate 

 length of the nasal organ of the adult male, which projects 

 far in front of the line of the mouth, and gives to the 

 whole physiognomy a most grotesque appearance. So 

 remarkable, indeed, is the face of this monkey, that the 

 first view of a stuffed specimen suggests to the beholder 

 that it has been ** faked," after the fashion of the " bogus " 

 animals formerly manufactured by our Japanese friends. 

 The nostrils are situated on the under surface of the tip 

 of this ungainly proboscis, and are separated from another 

 by an extremely narrow partition. According to recent 

 observations, the nose, instead of projecting straight forward, 

 should bend down in front of the mouth. In the case of 

 the female the degree of nasal development is considerably 

 less ; and in the young of both sexes the nose is com- 

 paratively short, with the nostrils visible from the front, 

 instead of being directed downwards. In point of size, 

 the proboscis monkey is a comparatively large animal, the 

 length of the head and body of the adult male being about 

 thirty inches, and that of the tail some three inches less. 

 Its colour is likewise conspicuous and striking, the upper 

 parts, with the exception of a light band across the loins, 

 being brilliant chestnut, and the face, which is fringed 

 with long yellowish hair, a reddish flesh-colour. 



Far more brilliant in colour is the first of the two 

 Tibetan species which exhibit the opposite type of nasal 



