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SIMIID^. 



obsolete. Naked skin o£ the face black. According to all accounts, 

 this species is much more variable in colour than H. hooloc/c, and 

 pale-coloured specimens are far commoner, in some localities pre- 

 dominating. 



Fig. 2. — Hylohafcti lar. (From a drawing by Col. Tickell.) 



Dimensions. An adult male, according to Tickell, measures from 

 crown to rump 19-6 inches, fore limb 25 (humerus 9-5, radius 9-5, 

 hand 6), hind limb 19*5 (femur 7*5, tibia 7*5, foot 4-5). The 

 height, when standing erect, is about 30 inches ; some are said 

 to be larger. Eeniales are smaller than males. An adult skull is 

 4-15 inches long from the occiput, 3-05 from the foramen magnum, 

 2-95 broad. 



Distribution. The white-handed Gibbon is found in Tenasserim 

 in the forests skirting the hills up to an elevation of 3000 or 3500 

 feet above the sea, and throughout tlie Malayan peninsula. Tickell 



