114 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



Se?HnoJ)ithecus kelaartii^ Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 52 



(1876). 



Characters. — Hair of crown not radiating ; top of head and 

 nape dusky-brown ; back and limbs darker smoky-brown ; 

 lower back, base of tail, and upper posterior surface of thighs 

 varying from ashy-grey to greyish-white, washed, in immature 

 specimens, with brown ; hands and feet black ; supra-orbital 

 hairs black, projecting outwards, extending nearly to the ears; 

 the long and conspicuous whiskers white, concealing the base 

 of the ears, and forming a sort of ruff, encircling the face; chin 

 and throat white. Face purplish-black. Tail beyond the base 

 dark grey, tufted at the tip and whitish. Under surface dusky- 

 grey ; inner sides of the thighs anterior to the callosities pale 

 yellow or white. Length of body, 21 inches; tail, 31 inches. 



Young. — Generally similar to the parents. A young female 

 from Ceylon examined by Dr. Anderson was uniform pale- 

 yellowish, the top of the head slightly washed with brownish, 

 and the shoulder and mid-back washed with dusky, 



A white variety (6*. senex) sometimes occurs. " There can 

 be no doubt," says Dr. Anderson, "that S. cephalopterus^ S. 

 iirsimis, and S.Johni^iVQ extremely closely allied to each other " ; 

 and indeed it is doubtful whether they are not local races of 

 the same species. 



Distribution. — The island of Ceylon. 



Habits — Sir E. Tennent, in his " Natural History of Ceylon," 

 has given the following account of this species :— 



"Although common in the southern and western provinces, 

 this Monkey is never found at a higher elevation than 1,300 

 feet. It is an active and intelligent creature, little larger than 

 the common Bonneted Macaque, and far from being so mis- 



