SKMNOPITHECUS PYRRHUS. 121 



In conclusion aS. pyrrhus and <S. maurus are two well- 

 defined species, differing — although their covering in 

 young state bears about the same reddish color — by the 

 color of the fur and by their bony parts ; ruoreover there 

 is a peculiar difference in their characters: Horsfield al- 

 ready stated that the Lutung {S. pyrrhus) is a favourite 

 among the natives ; whenever an individual is obtained , 

 care is taken to domesticate it, and it is treated with 

 kindness and attention; the Budeng {S. maurus) on the 

 contrary, is neglected and despised and it requires much 

 patience in any degree to improve the natural sullenness 

 of its temper; in confinement it remains during many 

 months grave and morose , and as it contributes nothing 

 to the amusement of the natives, it is rarely found in 

 the villages or about the dwellings. This does not arise 

 (said Horsfield) from any aversion on the part of the Ja- 

 vanese to the monkey race: the most common species of 

 the Island , the Cercocebus Aygula of Geoffroy , the Egret 

 Monkey of Pennant [Cercocebus cynamolgos) is very generally 

 domesticated, and a favourite custom of the natives is to 

 associate it with the horse. In every stable , from that of 

 a Prince to that of a Mantry, or chief of a village, one 

 of these Monkeys is found ; but I never observed the Bu- 

 deng thus distinguished. 



r^otes from the Leyden Mut-teum, Vol. XIV. 



