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baboons, in which they are situated at the very end of the still more produced 

 muzzle. The sides of the face have the peculiar longitudinal swellings character- 

 istic of the latter, and the cheek-pouches are very capacious. On the top of the 

 In -ad the black ape has a broad tuft of long hairs, curling backwards, and forming 

 a very characteristic crest. 



The earlier specimens of this monkey brought to England are described as 

 being rather violent in temper, and tyrannising over the other monkeys with which 

 they were placed in company. Others, however, are stated to have been more 



THE BLACK APE ( liat. Size). 



gentle in disposition, and thus very different from the fierce baboons. But few 

 specimens of this monkey have been exhibited of late years in the London 

 Zoological Society's Gardens. 



Dr. F. H. Guillemard, in his Cruise of the Yacht Marchesa, states that his 

 party found the black ape very common in the forest near Wallace Bay, in Celebes ; 

 and describes these animals as swinging from bough to bough in small flocks. 

 This monkey is also found in the small Island of Batchian, lying to the eastward 

 of Celebes, and forming a part of the Molucca group. On account of the circum- 

 stance that none of the other Mammals of Celebes extend to Batchian, Mr. Wallace 

 is inclined to consider that the black ape " has been accidentally introduced by the 

 roaming Malays, who often carry about with them monkeys and other animals. 



