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It is the monkey most commonly found in menageries, and led about 

 to show various tricks and feats of agility. It is certainly the most- 

 inquisitive and mischievous of its tribe, and its powers of mimicry 

 are surpassed by none. With age it becomes more sullen and less 

 amenable to discipline. 



A variety, with an apparently longer tail, was brought to me at Nel- 

 lore from the Eastern Ghats, and the shikarees called it the Konda koti, 

 or hill monkey, to distinguish it from the common one ; but I had not an 

 opportunity at the time of comparing it with a specimen of the common 

 one, and must therefore, in the absence of specimens, consider it only as 

 an individual variety. 



Ceylon possesses a representative of M. radiatus in M. pileatus, Shaw 

 (sinica of Linnaeus) ; and M. cynomolgos, L., and M. carbonarius, F. 

 Cuvier, are both found in Burmah. 



The African monkeys of this sub-family belong to Cynocephalus and 

 Papio, true short-tailed baboons, of savage disposition and carnivorous 

 habits ; whilst the species of Cercopithecus, with their long tails and 

 sombre colours, externally more resemble Presbytis. 



The family CEBIDJE or PLATYRHIN^E, with the nostrils far apart, are 

 all American. They are divided into, 1 st, HAPALIN^E, or Marmosets, of 

 very small size, the ears tufted, the tail bushy but not prehensile, the 

 teeth as in the last family, but the tubercles of the molars sharp ; they 

 feed both on insects and fruit. 2nd, CEBIN^E, with 36 teeth, viz., incisors, 



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- ; canines, molars, ; a prehensile tail ; small or of moderate 



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size ; the face often naked. They are mild and tractable in their dispo- 

 sition, and feed both on insects and fruit. 

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Fam. LEMURID^E. 



Upper incisors, 4, usually in pairs ; lower ones, 4 or 2 ; molars, ' 



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Nostrils terminal; first finger of the hind-feet with recurved claw; other 

 nails flat ; thumbs of both extremities opposable ; molars with pointed 

 and alternating tubercles. 



This highly interesting family, classed by some under the name of 

 Strepsirhini, has been lately separated into the sub-families, Indrisince, 

 Lemurinw, Nycticebince, and Galagince. 



The great majority are natives of Madagascar ; one genus from Africa ; 

 and two or three species from India, including Malayana. They are dis- 



