1 7© Lloyd's natural history. 



sheltered its head, to the amusement of all whom we met, 

 under a Chinese umbrella, which I had bought for it to protect 

 it from the midday sun, and for which, after every halt, it held 

 out its hands in the most knowing wjy, screaming lustily if the 

 porters dared to move on before it had comfortably arranged 

 itself. To my intense regret, a misadventure put an end to 

 a most charming existence, before I could send it to London." 



THE ORANG-UTANS. GENUS SIMIA. 



Sifnia, Linn., Syst. Nat, i., p. 34 (1766); Erxl., Syst. Regne 



An., p. 6 (1777; part). 

 Pithecus. Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 87 (181 2); Huxley, Anat. 



Verteb. An., p. 403. 

 Pongo^ Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 89 (18 12). 



This genus contains one species, well known as 



THE ORANG-UTAN. SIMIA SATYRUS. 



Si7nia satyrus, Linn., Syst. Nat., i., p. 34 (1766) ; Kuhl, Beitr. 



Zool., p. 4 (1820); Schreb., Saugeth., i.,p. 54, pis. 2, 2 B. 



(1775); Fischer, Syn. Mamm., p. 9 (1829); Owen, Tr. 



Z. S., i., p. 344, pis. 49, 53-56 (1835); Wallace, Malay 



Archip., i., p. 62 (1869); Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. 



Mus., p. 8 (1870); Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 9 



(1876). 

 Simia agrias^ Schreb. Saugeth, i., pi. 2, ii. B et ii. C 



(1775)- 

 Pongo wurmbii^ Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 89 (1812); Kuhl, 



Beitr. Zool., p. 21 (1820). 

 Papio wurmbiij Latr. Singes, i., p. 196. 



