PRESBYTIS PRIAMUS. 7 



is common about the stations of Nynee Tal, Mussoorie, and Simla, and 

 extends much further West. Its reputed absence in Sikim is only 

 founded on negative evidence, and I heard of some Langurs having 

 been seen near Punkabari, about 1,600 feet of elevation, and that some 

 of this herd actually used to seize fruit and vegetables from some of the 

 women and children who passed tliat way. On one occasion, two or 

 three huge fellows attempted to take a bottle from the servant of a 

 friend of mine who was following his master, and it was not till the 

 gentleman rode close up to them that these bold Turpins gave up their 

 felonious attempts. I cannot say whether these individuals were of this 

 species or Entdlus, but most probably the former. 



Hodgson in a copy of a new edition of his Catalogue of Nepal Mam- 

 malia, gives a Preshytis thermophilus. This is probably Entellus. 



3. Presbytis priamus. 



Elliot, apud Blyth, J. A. S., XII. — Blyth, Cat. 30. — Horsfield, 

 Cat. 6. — Gandangi, Tel. 



The Madras Langur. 



Descr. — Ashy gray colour with a pale reddish or " chocolate au lait " 

 tint overlying the whole back and head ; sides of the head, chin, throat, 

 and beneath, pale yellowish ; hands and feet, whitish ; face, palms and 

 fingers, and soles of the feet and toes, black ; a high compressed vertical 

 crest of hairs on the top of the head ; hairs long and straight, not 

 wavy ; tail of the colour of the darker portion of the back, ending in a 

 whitish tuft. 



Much of the same size as Entellus. 



This species inhabits the Eastern Ghats and Southern portion of the 

 table-land of Soiithern India, not extending, however, to the Malabar 

 Coast. It also occurs in the Northern part of Ceylon. We have no 

 authentic information recorded of its extension to the Deccan and 

 Southern Mahratta country, and we cannot be certain whether the 

 species recorded by Mr. W. Elliot* and Colonel Sykes, are Entellus or 

 Priamus or Ayichises ? I have seen this monkey on the Eastern Ghats 

 near Nellore, at Bangalore, where it is exceedingly numerous ; near 

 Trichinopoly, and elsewhere. It is found both in forests and large 

 groves of trees, and has the usual habits and call of its tribe. It is often 

 domesticated at Madras and other places. 



* Catalogue of the Mammalia of the Southern Mahratta country. 



