174 MOSTLY MAMMALS 



eccentricity in the langur group. But these snub-nosed 

 monkeys, as they may be appropriately called, are fully 

 as large as the Bornean species, and as they are of much 

 stouter build, both as regards body and limbs, they look 

 considerably bigger. Instead of a proboscis-like develop- 

 ment of nose these two very peculiar monkeys have their 

 nasal organs bent suddenly upwards at a sharp angle to 

 the line of the face, so that the nostrils are fully visible 

 from the front ; the whole aspect of the face being curiously 

 piquant. The species here figured — the orange snub-nosed 

 monkey — was first made known to European science by the 

 French missionary. Abbe David, who obtained specimens 

 while travelling in the province of Moupin, in Eastern Tibet. 

 Some of his specimens are preserved in the Zoological 

 Museum at Paris ; and the coloured plate of a female has 

 long been the only figure available to naturalists. Thanks, 

 however, to an energetic English naturalist resident in 

 China, the British Museum a few years ago acquired a 

 pair of these monkeys ; the figure being taken from the 

 male, which has been mounted for exhibition, and forms 

 one of the most attractive specimens in the large monkey 

 case. Since the photograph does not attempt chromatic 

 effect, it is necessary to mention that the general colour of 

 the upper-parts is rich olive-brown, flecked with yellow 

 and suffused with rufous, while the sides of the face, the 

 lower part of the forehead, and the under-parts are brilliant 

 yellowish orange, tending to full orange on the face, the 

 naked portions of which are pale blue. Across the loins 

 there is a light patch comparable to that of the proboscis 

 monkey ; the tail being proportionately rather shorter than 

 in the latter, with a distinct tendency towards a club-shape. 

 Altogether, the appearance of the animal is highly peculiar, 

 both from the point of view of form and of coloration. 



