204 DR. J. ANDERSON ON MACACUS BRUNNEUS. [Feb. 20, 



Bhamo in Upper Burmah from which my original description of this 

 species was taken, I learned through Mr. Oscar Fraser that a tame 

 Monkey had arrived in Calcutta from the hilly region of Cachar. I 

 had the good fortune to secure the specimen for this Society, and to 

 recognize in it the same species as the Bhamo Monkey, from which it 

 only differs in being a little lighter-coloured. Strange to say, this 

 Cachar specimen had not been long in my possession when Lieut. 

 Bourne, whose attention I had called to the subject of Cachar Mon- 

 keys, and to whom I had indicated the probability that the Bhamo 

 species might extend as far west as the hilly region of Sylhet and 

 Cachar, sent me a young female with an unclosed fontanelle, which I 

 have also forwarded to you by Mr. Jamrach, who very kindly under- 

 took the care of the two specimens. Mr. Jamrach has also taken 

 with him to London another young female, also from Cachar. 



Since my first acquaintance with this Monkey, I have been informed 

 by Mr. Rutledge, the extensive dealer of animals in the city, and who 

 procured Mr. Jamrach's female, that two or three specimens of the 

 species have been sold by him in India without his having recognized 

 them as distinct from Macacus rhesus. 



All the specimens I have sent you are young ; but the person from 

 whom Mr. Fraser procured the second specimen states that the adult 

 is a large Monkey, coloured like the male I have forwarded to London, 

 and that it is not common in Cachar. 



As I have already stated in my previous note on this species, I 

 first met with it in the Kakhyen hills to the east of Bhamo, and 

 sent the specimen down to Bhamo to await my return from Western 

 Yunan. On arrival at that town, I learned to my regret that the ani- 

 mal had been beaten to death and buried ; but when the second spe- 

 cimen from Bhamo reached me at Calcutta, I almost disbelieved the 

 tale of its death, and thought I recognized my old in my new ac- 

 quaintance. But the death of the latter has dissipated that supposition, 

 an examination of its teeth and the condition of its skeleton rendering 

 it highly improbable that such was the case ; for three years and a 

 half have elapsed since I met with the first specimen, and the second 

 is so young that it has only its milk-teeth — an unlikely circumstance 

 if they had been one and the same individual. 



Another Monkey, which appears to be closely allied to so-called 

 M, brunneus, accompanies the specimens I have sent you. It is the 

 property of Mr. Jamrach ; and all that I have been able to learn of 

 its history is that it was purchased at Singapore. It has the red 

 face, short body, and the rudimentary tail of M. brunneus ; but, in- 

 stead of having a brown, it has a bright rufous coat and faintly annu- 

 lated hair. A young female, evidently the young of this species, has 

 been received in Calcutta from Singapore since Mr. Jamrach's de- 

 parture, and it only differs from the male in having its rufous fur 

 more or less washed with brownish. If it is not M. speciosus from 

 Japan, I know of no other known species to which to refer it ; I 

 would indicate it as M. rufescens if it prove to be new. 



In my first note I was under the impression that my second Bhamo 

 specimen was at least adolescent, if not adult ; for it had all the habits 



