20 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



In captivity it is sulky and savage, and not easily taught. The 

 call of the male is said to resemble the voice of a Man. 



IX. HIMALAYAN MACAQUE. MACACUS ASSAMENSI3. 



Macacus assainensis, McClell.; Horsfield, P. Z. S., 1839, p. 148 ; 



Blyth, J. A. Soc. Beng., xiii., p. 746 (1844); x\nderson, 



Zool. Exp. Yun-nan, p. 64 (1878 ; \Yith synonymy) ; 



Blanford, Faun. Brit. Ind., Mamm., p. 15 (1888). 

 Macacus pelops, Hodgs., J. A. S., Beng., ix., p. 12 13 (1840); 



Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Brit. Mus., p. 30(1870). 

 Macacus probkmaticus, Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Brit. Mus., p. 128 



(1870); Sclater, P. Z. S., 1871, p. 222. 

 Macacus rheso-similis, Scl., P. Z. S., 1S72, p. 495, pi. xxv. 



(Juv.) 

 Macacus erythrceus^ Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas., vii , p. 112 1876; 



part). 



Characters. — Larger and more strongly-built than AL rhesus. 

 Fur moderately long, wavy, woolly (in some specimens), and 

 without rings ; the hair of the crown radiating from the centre 

 of the forehead outwards and backwards ; the hair round the 

 face and on the chin rather long ; that on and between the 

 shoulders, and on the sides of the chest, longer than on the 

 hind part of the body ; hairs on the lower part of the flanks 

 rather long ; tail about, or less than, half the length of the 

 body, not tufted, but longer, smaller, and much less densely 

 furred than in M. rhesus ; callosities surrounded by fur ; ears 

 tufted, and haired inside ; beard well developed ; face and ears 

 dusky. Length, 26^ inches ; tail, ^}{ inches. 



The fur above differs from that of M. rhesus^ in the anterior 

 half being uniform dark brown, wanting the ashy-grey tint ; 

 and the hinder portion brown, without the rufous seen in 



