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with a pale brown wash down the middle of the back ; the limbs are grey ; 



the abdomen is dirty yellowish white ; the hands and feet are black ; the 



tail, and the occipital crest are of a yellowish grey. 



ft. in. 



Length of an adult male, about 19 



The tail, about 28 



A specimen in the Paris Museum agrees precisely, in all respects, with 

 the above description of the adult. It is a male. According to Mr. 

 Cuming, this species, which he found to be very common at Singapore, 

 varies greatly in the depth of its colouring, no two specimens being pre- 

 cisely the same. The general hue ranges from greyish black, or smoke 

 grey, to black ; the occipital crest and the tail being always paler than 

 the other parts. 



The present Monkey is closely allied both to Semn. latibarbatus 

 and Semn. Johnii. In Semn. Johnii, however, the chest and under parts 

 are black, as is also the tail, while the whole of the head is brown ; but 

 in Semn. obscurus, the fore-part of the head is always dark, the occipital 

 crest alone being pale. In Semn. latibarbatus the whiskers are white, 

 and the whole of the upper surface of the head is of a uniform greyish 

 brown. In the present species the whiskers are of the same colour as the 

 rest of the body generally. 



GENERAL HISTORY. Of the habits of this species no particular details 

 have been received : its manners and modes of life are similar to those 

 of the Semnopitheci generally ; but naturalists have had no opportunity 

 of observing it in captivity. 



THE HOODED MONKEY. 



SEMNOPITHECUS JOHNII. 



Simla Johnii FISCHER, Synops. Mamm. 1829. 



Semnopithecus cucullatus . . . ISIDORE GEOFFROY, in Voyage de Belanger, Supp. 

 Semnopithecus cucullatus . . . LESSON, Species des Mamm. p. 59. 1840. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. Contour, robust; general colour, black; fur, glossy, long, and 

 somewhat coarse ; the head clothed with undulating greyish brown hairs ; the crupper 

 more or less inclining to grey, or chestnut brown. 



LOCALITIES. Malabar, and the neighbourhood of Madras. 



DESCRIPTION. Description of a specimen in the Paris Museum, 

 brought by M. Leschenault, " des montagnes des Gates " (Ghauts) : 

 The general contour is stouter than in the Semnopitheci generally, and the 

 limbs and hands are robust and powerful ; the fur is full, long, and rather 

 coarse, with a good gloss ; the hairs of the head fall back from the fore- 

 head ; the whole of the head, whiskers, and beard are of a smoky greyish 

 brown ; the eye-brows are long, full, black, and very distinct ; the face 

 is black, with a few black hairs, especially about the angles of the 



