32 LLOYD^S NATURAL HISTORV. 



to the eyes, the eyelids bluish-white ; ears, hands, and feet black ; 

 callosities bright or dusky flesh-colour ; fur straight ; hair of the 

 crown not elongated, directed backwards, sometimes rad'ated 

 or slightly crested ; general colour of the upper surface dusky or 

 greyish-brown, varying to reddish- or golden-brown ; under sur- 

 face of the body and inside of the limbs brownish-grey to v>'hite, 

 the hairs being dark at their roots, and higher up ringed with 

 yellow and brown or black; scrotum brown, blotched with 

 livid blue. Length, 22 inches; tail, 19 inches. The females 

 are smaller. 



Of this species there are several varieties or races, one in 

 which the prominent colour is golden-rufous (J/. <^?/f;r?/'i',Geoffr.); 

 another {M. cafbo^iarius, F. Cuv.) in which blackish-brown is 

 the prevailing tint of the face, naked hands, feet, and callosi- 

 ties ; a third race has a light yellow fur {M, cristafus, Gray) ; 

 still another {M. philippe?tsis), from the Philippine Islands, is 

 nearly white. 



DistrilDution. — This species is one of the most widely distri- 

 buted of all the Macaques. The more typical specimens are 

 found in Burmah and Arakan. In Siam a pale variety with 

 less orange in the annulations of its hairs occurs. In the 

 Nicobar Islands (perhaps introduced as Dr. Blanford suggests), 

 in the Malay Peninsula, and in Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombock, 

 and Timor, the darker (or M. carbonarius) variety seems to 

 predominate. From Borneo — where it ascends to 5,000 feet 

 above the sea — comes the crested, and perhaps also the golden- 

 rufous coloured race (the true home of the latter being still un- 

 known). In the Philippine Archipelago — in Mindanao, 

 Basilan, Luzon, Negros, Samar, and others of the islets — the 

 very light yellow coloured race is met with. 



