438 QUADRUMANA. 



would cling round them for warmth and protection. The' expression 

 of his countenance was melancholy. He ate almost any vegetable sub- 

 stance ; but apples and oranges seemed to be his favourite food. The 

 vivacity and playfulness of the Monkeys appeared to annoy him exceed- 

 ingly. When irritated by the caresses of his next neighbour, a green 

 Monkey, he would give it a short, quick snap with his teeth, and retreat 

 instantly to his corner. His usual cry was pensive ; and, whilst uttering 

 it, he would often turn up his large eyes towards the face of a bystander^ 

 in a most expressive manner, apparently indicative of pain, or, at least, 

 of great uneasiness. He had two other kinds of voice : one may be 

 described as a sort of indistinct muttering ; and the other, which he used 

 when angry, as a quick chattering." 



THE HOOLOCK. 



HYLOBATES HOOLOCK. 



Fefe of the Chinese Frontier (?), RECUEIL des Voyages, &c. Rouen, vol. iii. p. 168. 1716. 

 Golock DE VISME, Phil. Trans, vol. lix. p. 72, 1769, communicated Jan. 



7, 1768. 

 Simla Hoolock HAKLAN, Trans, of Amer. Phil. Soc. iv. New Series, p. 52, 



1830, and in Phys. Res. 1830. 

 Hylobates Scyritus OGILBY, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1837, and in Monkeys, &c. pt. i. 



p. 170. 1838. 



Hoolock M C CLELLAND, Cat. of Assam Animals, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1839. 



Hylobates Houloch ....... LESSON, Species des Mamm. 1840. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. Fur crisp ; glossy black, with a white superciliary stripe. 

 LOCALITY. Assam. 



DESCRIPTION. Description of a specimen (young female) in the mu- 

 seum of the Zoological Society, London (No. 5, in Catalogue of Mammalia, 

 1838). Fur rigid, frizzly, shining, and of a black colour, with some- 

 what of a vinous tinge ; a narrow band of white crosses the forehead, 

 scarcely extending beyond the eyes, leaving the whiskers of the same black 

 colour as the rest of the body. The hair of the fore-arms is reverted to the 

 elbows ; the hind-toes are free ; the face is dusky plumbeous ; the height is 

 about two feet six inches. It was presented to the Zoological Society by 

 the late Major-General Hardwicke, who received it from India, probably 

 from the Malay Peninsula. 



In the intensity of the colouring of this species, at least during its 

 immaturity, there is, probably, some degree of variation, as is the case 

 with some of the other species, even when they have attained maturity. 

 Dr. Harlan, to whom is owing the first distinct and accurate description 

 (with figures of the adult, of the young, and of the cranium), observes 

 that, in the young, the frontal band is broader than in the adults ; that the 

 general colour of the fur is blackish brown ; the middle of the breast and 

 the buttocks, greyish ; and the beard, or tuft on the chin, grey ; and that 

 the backs of the hands and feet are spotted with this colour also. Three 



