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THE HOONUMAN AND PROBOSCIS MONKEY. 



head the hair is straight, and is set on nearly perpendicularly, so as to 

 form a narrow crest. The color of the crest, together with that of a 

 narrow band running over the eyes and temples, is black. From 

 this conspicuous peculiarity, the Simpai is also called the Black-crest- 

 ed Monkey. The name Presbytes signifies an old 'man, and is given 

 to these monkeys on account of the wizened, old-fashioned aspect of. 

 their countenances. The term " melalophos" is literally " black- crest- 

 ed," and therefore a very appropriate name for this species. 



The length of this animal, measured from the nose to the root of 

 the tail, is about twenty inches, and that of the tail itself is not very 

 far from three feet. Its fur is very soft and glossy. 



A well-known example of this group of monkeys is the Hoonuman 

 or Entellus. This is a considerably larger animal than the Simpai, 



as the adult Hoonuman 

 measures three or four 

 feet from the nose to the 

 root of the tail, and the 

 tail itself rather exceeds 

 the body in length. The 

 color of this monkey when 

 young is a grayish brown, 

 excepting a dark-brown 

 line along the back and 

 over the loins. As the 

 animal increases in years, 

 the fur darkens in color, 

 chiefly by means of black 

 hairs that are inserted at 

 intervals. The face, hands, 

 and feet are black. 

 It is a native of India, and, fortunately for itself, the mythological 

 religion is so closely connected with it that it lives in perfect security. 

 Monkeys are never short-sighted in spying out an advantage, and the 

 Entellus monkeys are no exception to the rule. Feeling themselves 

 masters of the situation, and knowing full well that they will not be 

 punished for any delinquency, they take up their position in a village 

 with as much complacency as if they had built it themselves. They 

 parade the streets, they mix on equal terms with the inhabitants, they 

 clamber over the houses, they frequent the shops, especially those of 

 the pastrycooks and fruitsellers, keeping their proprietors constantly 

 ^n the watch. 



The Proboscis Monkey — or Kahau, as it is sometimes called, on 

 account of its cry bearing some resemblance to that word — is an inhab- 

 itant of Borneo, and probably of several neighboring countries. It is, 



Entellus {Presbytes Entellus). 



