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ing from tree to tree is wonderful and can hardly be followed with the 

 eyes, and it is easier to kill a bird on the wing than one of these animals 

 when leaping. They have the habit when pursued of dropping suddenly 

 from a lofty tree into the bushes, and the hunter thinking the indi- 

 vidual to be dead, is soon undeceived by seeing it quickly seeking 

 another tree a considerable distance away, and this makes following 

 them difficult. When raised in captivity from a very youthful age, 

 it is gentle and friendly. It will eat all kinds of fruits, and is especially 

 fond of bananas, upon which it chiefly subsists in the wild state. It is 

 also fond of bird's brains, which, after breaking the skull with its teeth, 

 are sucked into the mouth, but it does not eat the bird. The inhabit- 

 ants of Nossi-falie will not permit this animal to be introduced there, 

 as they contend that its presence would be a profanation of their so- 

 called sacred island. 



Lemur coronatus Gray. 



Lemur coronatus Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. X, 1842, p. 

 257; Id. Voy. Sulphur, 1844, p. 15, pi. IV; van d. Hoev., 

 Tijdsch. Natur. Geschied., 1844, p. 36; I. Geoff., Cat. Pri- 

 mates, 1851, p. 74; Gerv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., I, 1854, p. 168, 

 fig.; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 144; Dahlb., 

 Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Nat., 1856, fasc. I, pp. 213,217; 

 Fisch-., Metth. Natur. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 1870, p. 634; Schleg., 

 Mus. Pays-Bas, Simize, 1876, p. 313; A. Milne-Edw. et 

 Grandid., Hist. Nat. Madag., 1890, Atlas, pis. CLVIII-CLXI, 

 CLXV, CLXVI ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 75. 



Lemur chrysampyx Scheurm., Mem. Couron. Acad. Brux., XXII, 

 1848, p. 6, "(Part.); I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 74; 

 Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 146; Dahlb., Stud. 

 Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Nat., 1856, fasc. I. pp. 215, 218; 

 Fitzing., Sitzungsb. Metth. Naturw. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 1879, 

 p. 634. 



Prosimia coronata Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863, p. 138; Id. 

 Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 

 1870, p. 75. 



CROWNED LEMUR. 



Type locality. Madagascar. No particular locality given. Type 

 in British Museum. 



Geogr. Distr. North eastern Madagascar from Bay de Diego to 

 Vohemar. 



Genl. Char. Tips of ears naked, tail longer than body. 



