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Tlio Onko Gibbon (Ilijlohalcfi Itafflesli). Color, black; the face stir- 

 roundtHl with white hairs. 



The Lar Gibbon (//. Lar.). Black; feet and hands white; a circle of 

 white surrounding the face. 



The liooloch Gibbon (//. IlnoIovJi). Black; the forehead crossed \\ith 

 a white mark. 



The Coromandel Gibbon (//. Cliorotnaiidus'). Dirty pale brown; hair 

 and whiskers black. 



Tlie AA'oii-wou, or Nimble Gibbon (iSimin af/ilis). Brown, with a yel- 

 lowish circle round the face and lower part of the back. It is the most 

 acti\-e of all the gibbons. It utters a cry resenililing ?co«-iro(f ,• hence its 

 name. A specimen of this species, seen in the Zoiilogical Ciardens, London, 

 is thus described by a writer in the Penny Magazine : — 



"This spcciuicn was a female, and had been four years in captivifv at 

 Macao previous to her arrival in this country (England). On entering tlio 

 apartment in which she was to be kept, where a large space and a tree full 

 of branches were allotted for her accommodation, she sprang upon the 

 tree, and, using her hands in alternate succession, she launched herself 

 from bough to bough with admirable grace and address, sometimes to the 

 distance of twelve or eighteen feet. Jler tliglit might be termed aerial, for 

 she seemed scarcely to touch the brandies in her pr()gress. It was curious 

 to witness how abruptly she would stop in her most rapid flight. Suddenly 

 as thought she would raise her body, and sit quietly gazing at the aston- 

 ished sjjectators of her gymnastics. 



" She jiossessed great rptickness of eye ; and apples and other fruit were 

 often thrown at her with great rapidity, but she always caught them without 

 an effort. On one occasion a bird was set at liberty in her apartment. She 

 marked its flight, made a spring to a distant branch, caught the l)ird with 

 one iiand on her passage and attained tiie branch with the otiier. Siie 

 instantly bit off the head of the bird, picked off the feathers, and threw it 

 down without attempting to eat it. 



'' AMiile exertinir iierself in feats of airility, the tribbon ever and anon 

 uttered her call-notes, consisting of the syllables oo-uh! oo-ali ! in a suc- 

 cession of ascending and descending semitones, during the execution of 

 which the lips and frame vibrated. The tones were not unmusical, but 

 deafening from their loudness. 



''In disposition this creature was timid, being apparently afraid of men, 

 but allowing women to come near her, and stroke her fur, and pat her 

 hands and feet. Iler eye was quick, and she seemed to be perpetually on 

 the watch, scrutinizing every person who entered the room. After exer- 



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