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THE INDIAN FA UNA 



It frequents cultivated districts, especially in the neighbourhood of tanks, or near 

 clumps of trees on the banks of rivers, but is still more common in forests ; it 

 delights in going into the water, where it swims well. Closely related to the last 

 is the Himalayan macaque (31. assamensis), which inhabits the southern slope of 

 the Himalaya from Masuri or farther west as far east as northern Burma, and is 

 generally found at a height of from 3000 to 6000 feet. Another species, the lion- 

 tailed macaque (M. silenus), is a long-haired black monkey, the males of which 

 measure 24 inches in length, with a tail of 10 inches, the females being smaller. 



LION-TAILED MACAQUE. 



The face is framed by a grey fringe, which leaves only the forehead free and 

 conceals the ears, and the tail is tufted. This species, which inhabits the forests 

 of the Western Ghats from below Goa to Cape Comorin, is very common in Cochin 

 and Travancore, and found at a considerable height above the sea. Another kind, 

 the bonnet macaque (M. sinicus), is found all over the south of India, not only in 

 forests but in populous cities. It is one of the most inquisitive and mischievous of 

 the macaques, tamer than the rhesus monkey, and unsurpassed in making grimaces 

 by any member of the tribe. It derives its name from the fact of the hair 

 radiating in all directions from the crown of the head, although it rarely falls over 

 the forehead, the short hair on which is parted in the middle. The full-grown 



