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MAOLURA. 



It U an inhabitant of the peninsula of India, Ceylon (?) (Knox ) 

 If. Duraucel ww the animal in the menagerie at Barracpore, an d 

 state*, according to F. Cuvier, that the Indians give it the name of 

 Nil Bandar, or perhaps, as the author of ' Nat Hint of Monkeys ' 

 observes, more properly Nyl or Necl Bhunder, signifying the ' dark- 

 blue or black bh under' ; but this, oontinuea the last-mentioned author, 

 evidently refers merely to the colour of the hair, and can scarcely be 

 the real appellation of the animal, which, not being a native of Bengal, 

 U not likely to have a Bengalee name. 



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Father Vincent Maria gives the following quaint account of this 

 species : " There are found," says the Padre, " four sorts of monkeys 

 on the coast of Malabar ; the first is quite black with glossy hair and 

 a white beard round the chin, measuring rather more than a palm in 

 length. The other monkeys pay to this so profound a respect that 

 they arc humble in his presence, as though they appreciated his supe- 

 riority. The princes and mighty lords bold him in much estimation 

 for his endowments of gravity, capacity, and the appearance of wisdom 

 above every other monkey. He is readily trained to enact a variety 

 of ceremonies and affected courtesies, which he goes through with so 

 grave a face and so perfectly, that it is a most wonderful thing to Bee 

 them so exactly performed by an irrational creature." 



The general posture of the species is on all-fours or seated, in which 

 positions it usually takes its food, either by the hands or by bringing 

 the mouth to it Its first operation in feeding is generally to fill the 

 cheek-pouches.* It sleeps either on its side or sitting, bent forward, 

 and with the head on the breast. Those which we have seen in cap- 

 tivity have exhibited varied temperaments. One in particular was all 

 life, spirit, and mischief, while another was melancholy and staid in 

 iu deportment ; and yet the health of both these animals appeared to 

 be equally good, nor was there much difference in their ages. 



The following species of Macariu are given in the ' BritUh Museum 

 dialogue:' 



If. raJiatu, the Zati, or Capped Macaque. 



M. Sinictu, the Munga, or Bonnet-Macaque. 



3f. ntmntrintu, the llnili. 



M. cynomolgut, the Macaque. 



M. /Menu, the Rhesus. 



M. Oinoj*, the Oinops. 



M. ipecionu. 



M. /MM* the Magot. 



M.nigtr. 



In the same Catalogue the Wnnderoo is referred to Silrnut vtter. 

 In his ' British Fossil Mammals,' Professor Owen describes a species 

 of Macaou under the title of M. eoeentu ; teeth of this extinct specie* 

 having been found in the Tertiary clay at Hyson, near Woodbridge, 

 Suffolk. 



* tint moolhed, lt swallowed." ttumM. 



The following is given by M. F. Cuvier as the dental developmen 

 of the Macaques and Cynocephalen, and is taken from the Chinese 

 Bonnet-Monkey (Macaque Bonnet Chinois). 



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MACAQUE. [MACACUS.] 



rfACAUCO. ILEMURID*.] 



MACAW. [PsnTACiD*.] 



MACE. [MYRISTICA.] 



MACHjEUIUM, a genus of Plants belonging to the natural order 

 Isguminoiie. One species, M. Sdtomlmrgldi, produces the Itaka Wood 

 of Guyana, remarkable for iU brown and black streaks, on which 

 account it is employed in cabinet-work. 



MACHAIRODUS. [FKUD.K.] 



MACHE'TES, Cuvier's name for the Ruff (Tringa pvgnax, Linn.). 



[SCOLOPACID*.] 



MACKEREL. [SCOMBER.] 



MACLE (Chitutolite), a Mineral occuring crystallised. Its primary 

 form is a right rhombic prism. Cleavage parallel to the lateral 

 faces of the primary form. The crystals appear to be composed 

 of two substances : one of a yellowish white, sometimes translucent, 

 and of a glassy fracture; the other bluish black, opaque, and dull. 

 Fracture scaly, slightly conchoids!. Hardness S'O to 5'5. Streak white. 

 Lustre vitreous, or vitreo-resinous. Specific gravity 2'944. 



The white portion is infusible by the blow-pipe, but becomes 

 whiter ; with borax it fuses with difficulty into a transparent glass. The 

 black portion fuses into a black glass. Nitric acid dissolves it entirely. 

 It occurs imbedded in clay-slate on Skiddaw in Cumberland, iu 

 Wicklow, in the Pyrenees, and in many other places. 

 It yields, by the analysis of Landgrabe : 



Silica ........ 68-49 



Alumina ....... 30'17 



Magnesia ....... 4'12 



Oxide of Iron ..... 270 



Water ...... 0'27 



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MACLURA, a genus of Plants belonging to the natural order 

 Morafea. The fruit of M. aurantiaca, the Osage Orange, is as 

 large as the fist, orange-coloured, and filled with a yellow fuetid slime, 

 with which the native tribes smear their faces when going to war. 



