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THE BLACK MACAQUE. 



dignified aspect, reraiDdiDg the observer of the huge peruke under 

 whose learned shade the great legal chiefs consider judgment. The 

 hair on the top of the head is black, but the great beard that rolls 

 down the face and beneath the chin is of a gray tint, as if blanched 

 by the burden of many years. In some instances this beard is almost 

 entirely white, and then the Wanderoo looks very venerable indeed. 

 From the form of the tail, which is of a moderate length, and decor- 



The Wanderoo {Silenus veter), 

 ated with a hairy tuft at its extremity, the Wanderoo is also known by 

 the name of the Lion-tailed Baboon. 



The greater part of the fur of this animal is of a fine black, but the 

 color assumes a lighter hue on the breast and abdomen. The callos- 

 ities on the hinder quarters are of a light pink. 



It is not a very large animal, being rather less than three feet from 

 the nose to the tip of the tail. 



In the absence of a tail, and in general form, the Black Macaque 

 bears some resemblance to the Ma got, but in color and arrangement 

 of hair it is entirely distinct from that animal. 



The tint of the fur is as deep a black as that of the Budeng, or 



