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another specimen 18 and 10. These are from Travaucore speci- 

 mens measured by Mr. F. W. Eourdillon, and show much variation 

 in the length of the tail. A female skull measures : — Length to 

 occiput 4:-4 inches, basal length 3-1, breadth 2-9. 



BistribtUion. The forests of the Syhadri range or Western Ghats 

 near the Malabar coast from about 11° north to Cape Comorin, 

 and at a considerable elevation above the sea. Most common in 

 Cochin and Travancore. 



HahiU. The lion-tailed Monkey, according to Jerdon, to whom 

 we are indebted for the only authentic account of this animal i a 

 wild state, inhabits the most dense and unfrequented forests of 

 the hills near the Malabar coast in herds of from twelve to twenty 

 or more. It is shy and wary. In captivity it is sulky and savage, 

 and not easily taught. The call of the male is said (J. A. 8. B. 

 xxviii, p. 283) to resemble the voice of a man. 



As I have shown elsewhere (P.Z. S. 1887, p. 620), this monkey 

 is not Simia silenns of Linnaeus, nor is it S. veter of the same 

 author. As, however, the specific name silenns has been used 

 generally for this species for more than a century, naturalists are 

 unwilling to change it. The name Wanderoo, usually applied to 

 M. silem(s by European naturalists, is also a mistake, being the 

 Ceylon name of the SemnojntJieci, erroneously given to the pre- 

 sent species by Buffon. The "lion-tailed Monkey" is a name of 

 Pennant's. 



6. Macacua arctoides. I'he brown stump-tailed Monkeij. 



Macaciis arctoides, Is. Geoff")'. May. Zool, 1833, CI. i, pi. 11 ; Murie, 

 P. Z. 8. 1872, p. 770 ; Anderson, An. Zool. Res. p. 15, pis, i, ii ; 

 id. Cat. p. 74. 



Papio melanotus, Oyilhy, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 31. 



Macacus brumieus, Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 628 ; id. 1872, p. 203, 

 pi. xii (juv.). 



Inuus speciosus, Blytli, Mam. Birds Burma, p. 6. 



Hair on head and shoulders very long, as much as 4^ inches in 

 adults. Tail very short, almost rudimentary, sparsely clad with 

 hair or naked in old animals ; buttocks naked for some distance 

 around callosities. Caudal vertebrse 11 (probably fewer' in some 

 individuals). 



Colour. Dark brown ; in some specimens blackish brown abo\e, 

 paler below. In the young the hairs are the sauje tint through- 

 out, in older individuals the terminal portion of each hair is very 

 closely and minutely annulated with several alternating rings of 

 golden yellow and dark brown. Eace and buttocks bright red. 



Dimensions. Probably about 2 feet in length, the tail only one 

 to two inches. No trustworthy measurements of adults are 

 recorded. An adult male skull measures 5-3 inches in extreme 

 length, 3-7 in basal length, and 3-5 in zygomatic breadth. 



Bistrihution. Not very well ascertained. Apparently this 

 monkey is found in some of the hiU-ranges south of Assam, and 



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