460 QUADRUMANA. 



DESCRIPTION. The face of an adult male, in the Museum 01 

 Paris is naked, orange-coloured, and surrounded by full, long whiskers, 

 of a glossy whiteness ; the forehead is blackish, passing into delicate 

 grizzled grey, which is the colour of the whole head, the back, the 

 sides, and the abdomen, each hair having annulations of white and 

 obscure black, to the number of eleven or twelve ; from the eyebrows to the 

 ears extends a pencil of chestnut-red ; the throat is white ; a band, or 

 gorget, of chestnut-red extends across the top of the chest, from shoulder 

 to shoulder, succeeded by a band of black, spreading over the top of 

 each shoulder ; the fore-arms, the tail, and a square sacral patch, are of 

 a snowy white ; the knees, the legs, and the tarsal portion of the feet, 

 are of a rich chestnut ; the fingers, toes, and thighs, are black ; the 

 groin and space round the callosities are white ; the callosities and the 

 naked skin of the palms are yellow ; the fur is full, and very delicate. 



ft. in. 



Length of head and body 21 



Ditto tail (imperfect) 



Ditto arm and hand . . . . . . . .20 



Ditto hind limb to heel 16 



Five specimens of this richly-coloured Monkey (three adult, two 

 young,) adorn the Museum at Paris ; and a good specimen exists in the 

 museum of the Zoological Society of London (No. 12, in Catalogue, 1838), 

 forming part of the Rafflesian collection. The males, females, and 

 young have the same colouring. 



GENERAL HISTORY. Of the habits and manners of the Douc, in a 

 state of nature, we have no definite information. Bezoar stones are said 

 to be frequently found in its stomach. The Douc has never been brought 

 alive to Europe. In the Magazin de Zoologie ("Voyage autour du 

 Monde de la Corvette la Favorite,") class i. p. 345, 1836, it is stated 

 that these animals " live in troops, more or less numerous^ in the vast 

 woods which cover the country along the shore ; and their manners are 

 certainly far from being wild, as has been supposed. They are, indeed, 

 little troubled by the presence of Man, and often come very near to the 

 habitations of the Cochin-Chinese, who appear to offer them but little 

 molestation, and do not attempt to draw from the beautiful fur of the 

 Doucs all the advantages which might be obtained from such a source. 

 However, the incursions of the sailors of the Corvette la Favorite, in a 

 very short time, inspired these animals with terror ; and so rapid was 

 their flight, that, numerous as they were, they were not procured without 

 difficulty." 



Though Buffon, on the authority of M. de Poivre, gave the name of 

 Douc to this species, as its native appellation, nevertheless, it would 

 seem that such is not the term by which it is known in Cochin-China. 



