l6 ANIMALS IN MENAGERIES. 



Structure the very reverse of the gihhons (Hylobates 111.), 

 or long-armed apes of the Indian continent, which, as 

 their name imphes, have the fore legs disproportionably 

 longer than the hinder. What peculiarities of habit 

 result from this structure, in the present animal, we 

 know not ; for sir Stamford's account is entirely confined 

 to the following description of its colour : — 



The general form and appearance nearly resembles 

 that of the Simia cristata Raffl. ; but it is a little 

 longer, and of a very different colour ; being of a bright 

 fawn, mixed with black ; on the head, back, and 

 shoulders, white : the whole of the under parts are 

 nearly white. The head and face are small : the hairs 

 are long, diverging round the face, and form a long and 

 distinct crest on the head, composed of black hairs ; 

 while on each cheek there is a tuft of fawn-coloured 

 hairs, which graduate into white : the forehead, below 

 the crest, is of a light fawn-colour : the beard is scanty: 

 the face is naked, slightly wrinkled, and of a bluish 

 colour ; and the facial line is so remarkably straight as to 

 be almost perpendicular : the palms and soles of the 

 feet are black ; the thumbs of the hands very small, and 

 the callosities large : the tail is very long and tapering, 

 and exceeds thirty inches in length : the hair is long, 

 soft, and silky. 



The Crested Monkey. 



Semnopithecus cristatus, Sw. Simia cristata, Raffles, Linn. 

 Tr. xiii. Semnopithecus coraatus ? F. Cuvier, Majn., Des~ 

 marest. 



This is another very remarkable monkey from Su- 

 matra, also described by sir Stamford Raffles. It seems 

 to be the same as the Semnopithecus comatus of the two 

 French collectors, ]\IM. Diard and Duvaucel : these 

 gentlemen were employed by our illustrious countrymen 

 as his assistants ; but, availing themselves, most impro- 

 perly, of this patronage, they endeavoured, in many 

 instances, to anticipate the discoveries of sir Stamford, 

 by sending to Europe descriptions and specimens of new 



