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C EECOPITHECIDjE. 



I am inclined to agree with Anderson, who unites them, and who 

 fortunately was able to examine and describe the type of the last- 

 named form, now no longer to be found. That the Sikhim monkey 

 is perfectly distinct from M. rhesus I am certain, and I have seen 

 several young specimens of the former tame. They appear stouter, 

 and differ in fur, coloration, visage, and habits, and I think the 

 limbs are proportionally shorter. 



5. MacaCUS Silenus. The lion-tailed Monl-ey.. 



Simla silemis, Schreb. Saur/ethiere, \, p. 87, pi. x\, partim (nee Lmti.). 



Simia ferox, S/icnv, Mus. Leveriannm, p. 69, pi. (1792). 



Imius silenus, Blyth, Cat. p. 7 ; Jerdon, Mam. p. 10. 



Silenus veter, Gray, Cat. Monkeys Sfc. B. M. 1870, p. 32 (nee Simin 



yetQv, Linn.). 

 Macacus silenus, Anderson, An. Zool. Bes. p. 93 ; id. Cat. p, 66. 



Shia bandar, II. ; Nil bandar, Beup:. ; Chingala, Kel/a manthi, Mai. ; 

 Singcdilca, Can, ; Karinyode, Kurg. ; Kondamachu, Tel. ; Kurankarangu, 

 Tamul. 



Fig. 5. — Macacus silenus 



Fur long, A ruff of longer light-coloured hair on chin, throat, 

 cheeks, and temples, encircling the head, except on the forehead, 

 and concealing the ears, which are naked. Hair radiating from 

 centre of crown. Tail slender, about one half to three quarters the 

 length of the head and body, and tufted at the tip ; caudal ver- 

 tebrse 17. 



Colour. Black throughout, except the beard and ruff, which are 

 grey. In some young specimens the abdomen is brown. Face 

 and hands black, the callosities of a fleshy tinge. 



Dimensions. Head and body of a male 21 inches, tail 13^ ; of 

 another 20 and 15 : of a female, head and body 18, tail 12| ; of 



