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APES, MONKEYS, AND LEMURS 



THE BONNET MONKEY {Macacus sinicus) 



One of the best and longest known of the longer-tailed macaques is the South 

 Indian bonnet monkey, which is one of the two closely allied species characterized 

 by the circumstance that the hair of the crown of the head is lengthened, and 

 arranged in a radiating manner from the middle line. A representation of this 

 monkey is given in the accompanying figure, and in Fig. 3 of the colored plate. 



THE BONNET MONKEY. 



This species takes its name from the crest of hair on the crown, which, instead 

 of coming over the forehead, as a rule stops short of that part of the head, and thus 

 assumes a toque-like form. On the forehead the short hair is usually parted down 

 the middle line. The fur, which is of moderate length, and generally straight and 

 smooth, is brown or grayish-brown above, and pale brown, or whitish on the under 



