20 CATALOGUE. 



Rhesus, Audeb., Hist. Nat. des Singes, f am. 2, sect. I, Jig. 3. 

 Maimon, Buff, et Daubent, torn. XIV. pi. 19. 

 BUNDER, according to Williamson and Ogilby, which is the 

 common name of a Monkey in India. 



HAB. Bengal, Assam, Nepal, Simla. 



A. Presented by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



The rhesus is not unfrequently brought to Europe, and is one of the 

 few species which has been known to breed in confinement. M. Fred. 

 Cuvier gives a very interesting history of an accouchemenj; which oc- 

 curred in Paris in 1824. In its habits the rhesus resembles the nemes- 

 trinus, but is on the whole less tractable and docile. It is, however, 

 susceptible of considerable training, as appears from the following 

 details given by Captain Williamson in his " Wild Sports of India," 

 p. 100. In his remarks on Indian Monkeys generally, he states the 

 common kind of Monkey which is found almost everywhere, is the 

 Bunder, or Woodman. " These when erect may measure about two 

 feet in height ; they are docile and affectionate. Under the tuition of 

 the jugglers, who, among many other curious matters, exhibit a variety 

 of tricks done most naturally by the Bunders, it is very diverting to 

 see these little mimics counterfeiting the gait and motions of various 

 professions, and especially corroborating, by their actions, the deluge of 

 flattery which the jugglers pour forth in praise of everything relating to 

 the English character. Their antics are so excellently just on these 

 occasions, that many human professors of the mimic art, might, with- 

 out the smallest disparagement, take a lesson from these diminutive 

 imitators/' 



Professor Oken, in his " Allgemeine Naturgeschichte," gives an ex- 

 tract from the " Neue Berlinische Schriften," I. 1795, 4, p. 211, illus- 

 trative of the habits of the rhesus. He states : " The well-known mis- 

 sionary, M. John, had an opportunity of observing an entire family of this 

 species, which was exhibited in Tranquebar. It consisted of a male, 

 female, and two young ones, which performed various feats of activity 

 in the streets. The male was extremely ferocious, biting every one 

 who approached it, so that it became necessary to extract the canine 

 teeth. On one occasion, when the keeper attempted to measure it 

 with a staff, it attacked him, seized his head, snapping in every direc- 

 tion, and he had much difficulty to disengage himself." A similar 

 account of the malicious character of a female confined in Paris, is 

 given by M. Audebert. 



