THE MACAQUES. 1 5 



along the sides of the face a backwardly directed whisker meet- 

 ing below the chin. Fur on the back of the neck, shoulders, 

 and upper part of the fore-limb, long, shorter behind the 

 shoulders and shortest on the rump; buttocks sparsely haired; 

 tail somewhat tufted ; belly and upper and inner parts of the 

 limbs thinly haired. Length, 23 inches; tail (without the tuft), 

 8 inches. 



Male. — Face brownish flesh-colour on the muzzle and between 

 the eyes, bluish-white round the latter ; frontal bar white ; a 

 narrow line from the outer corner of the eye backwards, red ; 

 a horse-shoe-shaped crest, mid-line of back, lower back, sacral 

 region, and upper surface of tail, black, the hairs being grey at 

 base, and dark brown, or black, along their outer portion ; ears 

 flesh-coloured, and the hair on and round them white ; region 

 above the eyes and round the face, chin, and throat, yel- 

 lowish-brown — the hairs being ringed, above their grey bases, 

 with dark brown and orange, and tipped with black; on 

 the shoulders, back of the neck and upper part of the arms 

 orange olive — the hairs having the orange rings more pre- 

 dominant than the brown ; rest of the fore limb yellowish-olive ; 

 thighs dusky-grey, washed with black ; buttocks grey ; lower 

 parts of body, inner sides of limbs, and under side of tail, light 

 greyish-brown ; caudal tuft often bright rufous. Excepting on 

 the head, loins, tail, and buttocks, all the hairs are annulated, 

 above their grey bases, v/ith orange and brown, and dark-tipped. 

 Hands and feet dusky flesh-colour. 



Female. — Smaller than the males, but the black of the head 

 and back absent, and the hairs of the under-parts not annu- 

 lated ; shoulders brighter than the rest of the body, which is 

 yellowish-olive, and greyish-olive on the outside of the limbs. 



