14 ANIMALS IN MENAGERIES. 



The colour of the fur, as already intimated, is of a 

 jet black above, and grey beneath ; but this belongs 

 only to the full-grown adult. Immediately after birth, 

 the young are of a fulvous or reddish yellow colour ; 

 this gradually changes to a mixed grey, and this again 

 as gradually attains the deep black of the full-grown 

 animal. The most striking characteristic of the negro 

 monkey is the great length of the extremities : the arms 

 and fore-arms are particularly slender ; so that, in its 

 ordinary movements, the rump is considerably elevated. 

 It is very doubtful, after all, if the middle-sized black 

 monkey of Edwards is really the same as that from 

 Java ; but another which he alludes to, is in all proba- 

 bility this species. 



The Chestnut Long-armed Monkey. 

 Semnopithecus Pyrrhus, Horsf. Zoological Researches in Java. 



We know not whether living examples of this more 

 recently discovered species, which inhabits the same 

 region and the same forests as the last, have yet reached 

 this country; but, as it may be transported with equal 

 facility, we may confidently expect it will not long re- 

 main a stranger to our menageries. Dr. Horsfield, who 

 is its first describer, states that it agrees in aU points of 

 structure with the species last noticed, but that it is con- 

 stantly and permanently distinguished by its reddish 

 brown colour. Its peculiarities, indeed, appear to be 

 well known to the Javanese, who give it the distinct 

 name of Lutung, in opposition to that of Buheug, which 

 is conferred alone upon the negro, or black long-armed 

 monkey of their forests. The latter is much more 

 abundant in Java than the present, which is, moreover, 

 a great favourite of the natives, on account of its variety 

 and comparative beauty. Whenever an individual is 

 captured, the greatest care is taken in its domestication, 

 and it is uniformly treated with kindness and attention ; 

 while the black species, or Buheng, as before remarked, 

 is neglected and despised except for the value of its 



