398 Capt. P. J. Begbie on the Natural History 
These differ from the preceding in their habits, being found 
in couples instead of in troops. They are remarkably active in 
their movements, but not distinguished by much intelligence. 
I pass over the three next genera, as, although I have no doubt 
that several species in these families, which are common in Su- 
matra and Java, are to be found in the peninsula, they have not 
passed under my own observation. 
Macacus, properly so called. Tail more or less long. 
M. Sinicus, Desm. (syn. Simia Sinica, Linn.) Chinese Monkey. 
Tailed, beardless. Fore-top horizontal, and diverging from the 
centre of the head to the circumference, giving it the appearance 
of a mandarin’s cap. 
This monkey is about the size of a cat, the tail considerably 
longer than the body. The fur reddish brown, mixed with pale 
yellow on the back. Is extremely active, and appears to delight 
in frequenting the banks of rivers. 
M. nemestrinus (syn. Simia nemestrina, Linn.). The Brown Ba- 
boon. Beard thin, eyes hazel, haunches naked; tail short and 
slender, reaching only to the middle of the thigh. 
The colour of the fur is gray, deepening into brown on the 
back ; dorsal line and middle of the head black. The face naked 
and tawny; nose flat and lips thin. About two feet high. The 
brown baboon is extremely ugly, but intelligent, lively, and 
tractable, and susceptible of a considerable degree of instruction, 
easily learning to perform a variety of tricks. It is very abun- 
dant in the peninsula. 
The Lemurs in their form approach to that of the quadrupeds, 
but the shape of the hands and head is somewhat similar to that 
of the preceding family of the Quadrumana, between whom and 
the quadrupeds nature appears to have designed them to be, as it 
were, a connecting link ; most of them are nocturnal in their 
~ habits, from which circumstance and their disgusting appear- 
ance Linneeus designated them Lemures, or ghosts. 
There are seven tribes of them, but only one that I am aware 
of is to be found in the Malayan peninsula, viz. the Nyeticebus, 
Geoff. (syn. Lemur, Linn. ; Loris, Cuv.) 
N, Javanicus, Geoff., Desm. Javanese Lory. The animals of 
this genus have a long body with a very short tail; the eyes are 
very large, prominent, bright, and directed forward. The limbs 
appear weak, and the animal “drags its slow length along” as 
if it were pain to move. The species under description is about 
a foot long; the fur red, with a deeper-coloured dorsal line. It 
utters a low melancholy cry when teazed, and has a mournful 
expression of countenance. 
Galeopithecus, Geoff., Pall., Desm. (syn. Lemur, Gmelin). 
The Galeopitheci belong to the Cheiropterous order, and are 
