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short legs, its slender loins and heavy buttocks, its tail thick at the 
base” (Anderson). The general colour is similar to that of the Bengal 
rhesus monkey, but the skin of the chest and belly is bluish, the face 
livid, with a white area between the eyes and white eyelids. Hands and 
and feet blackish. 
Size.—About that of the Bengal rhesus. 
According to Captain (now Sir Arthur) Phayre “these monkeys 
frequent the banks of salt-water creeks and devour shell-fish. In the 
cheek-pouch of the female were found the claws and body of a crab. 
There is not much on record concerning the habits of this monkey in its 
wild state beyond what is stated concerning its partiality for crabs, which 
can also, I believe, be said of the rhesus in the Bengal Sunderbunds.” 
No. 27. MACACUS CARBONARIUS. 
The Black-faced Crab-eating Monkey. 
HasiTtat—Burmah. 
DEscRIPTION.—In all respects the same as the last, except that its 
_ face is blackish, with conspicuously white eyelids. 
FAMILY LEMURIDZ, 
The Indian members of this family belong to the sub-farsily named by 
Geoffroy Mycticebine. 
GCEMNGS NVGLIGEB US. 
No. 28. NYCTICEBUS TARDIGRADUS. 
The Slow-paced Lemur (Jerdon’s No. 10). 
NaTIvE NaME.—Sharmindi billi, Hindi. 
Hasitat.—Eastern Bengal, Assam, Garo Hills, Sylhet, Arracan.— 
LForsfield. 
DEscRIPTION.—Dark ashy grey, with a darker band down middle of 
back, beneath lighter grey ; forehead in some dark, with a narrow white 
stripe between the eyes, disappearing above them; ears and round the 
eye dark ; tail very short.—/erdon. 
S1zE.—Length about 14 to 15 inches; tail 3 of an inch. 
Nocturnal in its habits ; sleeping during the day in holes of trees, and 
coming out to feed at night. Sir William Jones describes one kept by 
him for some time; it appeared to have been gentle, though at times 
petulant when disturbed; susceptible of cold; slept from sunrise to 
