The OUANDEROU * and the 

 LOWANDO**. 



THOUGH thefe two animals appear to 

 belong to the fame fpecies, we have pre- 

 ferved to each of them the proper names they 

 receive in Ceylon, vvhich is their native coun- 

 try ; becaufe they conftitute, at leaft, two di- 

 Itinft and permanent races. The body of the 

 ouanderou is covered with brown and black 

 hairs ; it has a hufliy head, and a large 

 beard. The body of the lowando, on the con- 

 trary, is covered with whitifh hairs, and the hair 

 on its head and beard is black. In the fame 

 country, there is a third race or variety, which 

 1 3 . is 



* Ouatidena, Watideni, the names of this animal in Ceylon. 



Siiiiia ex Egypto Veuetias deducta ; Projh. A'pw. '^d. 2. 

 p. 245. tab. ZO. 



(Juunderou, a kind of ape in Ceylon, of which there appear 

 to be two fpecies ; Relation de Ceylon, par Knoi, loin. I. p. 1 05. 

 \\\. jig. ibid. 



CercopithecuS riiger, barha incana promiiTa, JVandcrn Zey- 

 lonenfibus ; Raii f/nopf. quad. p. 158. 



Cercopithecas barbatus nijjer; barba incana ;' Brijjin, rega. 

 a vim, p. 2 07. 



** Loivaiido, Ek'.'andu, the names of this animal in Ceylon. 

 Not J. I. It appears to be only a variety of the ouanderou. 

 2. There feems to be another variety of thcfc animals ; the 

 ouanderou with a black body and white beard, and the low- 

 ando with a gray l)ody and black beard. Others of the fume 

 fpeciffs are toially white. 



