394 QUADRUMANA. 



extending from the temples, and giving a singular, and even hideous, ex- 

 pression to the physiognomy. The eyes are small, and set closely together ; 

 the rims of the orbits are prominent ; the nose is depressed ; the septum of 

 the nostrils thin, and carried out to blend with the skin of the upper lip ; 

 the nostrils are oblique ; the ears are small, and lie closely on the head ; 

 the lips are thick and fleshy, and the upper one is furnished with scanty 

 moustaches ; the chin is furnished with a long and peaked beard ; the 

 hair is very long and thick on the back, shoulders, arms, and legs ; 

 very scanty on the chest, the abdomen, the inside of the thighs, and the 

 anterior aspect of the humerus ; the hair of the fore-arms is reverted to 

 the elbow ; the hair of the head is directed forward, from a common 

 centre of radiation on the back of the neck, or, rather, between the shoul- 

 ders ; the contour of the body is heavy, thick, and ill-shapen ; the arms, 

 with the hands, reach to the heel ; the thumb of the hind feet is nail-less ; 

 the general colour is deep chestnut. 



ft. in. 



Total height of the animal, standing . . .; -.," .3 8 

 Breadth of face, across tuberosities . ,., . . + . . ,0 9 



2. The following are the characteristics of a young female Orang, also 

 from Borneo (in the Museum, Paris), and presented, as was the above, 

 by the Royal Museum of Leyden. 



The cheek callosities are wanting ; the colour is chestnut, paler than 

 in the the adult male ; the hind-thumb is furnished with a well-developed 

 nail. 



3. Description of adult male, exhibited at one of the scientific meet- 

 ings of the Zoological Society. 



The cheek callosities are large, and elevated in the form of a sub- 

 acute ridge ; the hind thumbs are destitute of nail ; the hair falls in large 

 masses on the back, and is a foot in length ; the arms, also, as well as 

 the lower extremities, are clothed with long hair ; the chest is thinly 

 clad ; the colour is mahogany brown, darkest on the back, but assuming 

 a redder tint on the arms. 



ft. in. 



Length from head to heel of extended specimen . . * ,. . 4 6 

 Ditto of arms from axilla to end of fingers . . ... 28 



Breadth of face across callosities . . . . ' . j . 8| 



4. The following is the description of an adult female from Sumatra, 

 in the museum of the Zoological Society (Collect. Rafflesian.), No. 2, in 

 Catalogue, 1838. 



The general contour of the body is thick- set and robust ; the face, fore- 

 head, and ears are naked ; the sagittal crest is moderate ; the lambdoidal 

 crest more elevated ; the orbital margins are prominent ; the laryngal sac- 

 culi, extending to the cheeks, give the appearance of cheek-pouches, but 



