SEMNOPITHECUS. 37 



20. Semnopithecus pileatus. The capped Monkey. 



Seuinopithecus pi^eatus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii, p. 174 (1843), xiii, 

 p. 467 ; Anderson, An. Zool. Res. p. 13 ; id. Cat. p. 40. 



Presbytis pileatus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 735 ; id. Cat. p. 12 ; id. 

 Mam. Birds Burma, p. 11. 



Fig. 9. Head of Semnopithemis pileatus. 



The crown of the head thickly covered with hair of equal 

 length, rather longer than that of the occiput and temples and 

 harsher than that of the back, all directed backwards and form- 

 ing a distinct cap. There is no frontal radiation. Hair of cheeks 

 long, partially covering the ears. Black supraorbital hairs well 

 developed. 



Colour. Upper parts dusky grey to brownish ashy grey, darker 

 on the upper part of the back and sometimes on the crown of the 

 head ; the hands and feet dark brown or black above, the fingers 

 or some of them occasionally yellow ; tail dark brown or black 

 towards the tip. Sometimes the upper parts have a ferruginous 

 tint. Lower parts and sides of head and neck golden brown or 

 orange to pale yellow or yellowish white. The yellow or whitish 

 colour of the cheeks extends to a line drawn just above the ears, 

 and the sides of the neck behind the ears are also pale, so that the 

 dark cap is well defined. Face black. 



Blyth states that females and young have the lower parts white 

 or but faintly tinged with ferruginous and the upper parts pure 

 grey, whilst old males are of a deep rust-colour below and ou the 

 cheeks. In most specimens, however, the lower parts are of some 

 shade of yellow, more or less pure. 



Dimensions. Less than S. entettus. An immature female mea- 

 sured : head and body 18 inches, tail without the tuft of hair at 



