3G JOrT?NAL. XATVBAL HIST. SOCTFTY OF SLHr. Vol. I. 



Among- the Primates, the Agile Clibboii { Jfi/lohates aijilis) I 

 believe occvars, being replaced in the mountains by IF lar. The 

 Crab-eating- Maca<]iie is found, generally not far from running water, 

 and also the Pig-tailed Macaque [M. neinestrinas) of the same olive- 

 brown colour as the last, but with a tail of some 7-8 in. only ; it has 

 not yet been observed at an}' considerable elevation. 



The Northern limit of the Langur already referred to on 

 pao-e 38 seems to hi N. Lat. 13^ 20' and it is generally distributed 

 in the plains and the highest mountains. The animals obtained in the 

 j)lalns ai)peared suuxUer and darker \\\ colour. North of Lat. 13° 20' 

 1 have never seen it, but its place is taken liy a griggled black species, 

 with silvery grey whiskers so long that the ears are almost concealed. 

 1 have not yet been able to identify this species, but it was very 

 common in the Me Pachi valley and I had considerable opportu- 

 nities for observing it during this year. The very young ones are 

 light reddish iawn, with blue eyes, and the dark colour of the adult 

 first appears on the crown of the head. The young were, on lltli 

 April, about 7 in. long and were able to leave their mother and play 

 among the bamboos. This and the previous species have a large 

 vocabulary, ranging from a loud hoarse indescribable bark to a nasal 

 " Kuui on," which is repeated with emphasis if the young do not 

 '•come on,"" but they diifer from the former species in that they 

 frequently hoot at night. The young are never still, and while their 

 elders are having a midday siesta in the denser tree tops, the young 

 plaj' in the lower branches, and on one occasion an adult came down 

 to stop the uproar below. Both these species will entleavour to mictu- 

 rate on passers-by, whether out of contempt or for other reasons I 

 cannot say, but it is not done through fear in most cases. 



Fre(piently the Langurs and Macaques were feeding- togetlier 

 and at such times the Maca([ues discovered me before the Langurs ; 

 more frequently a s<piirrel gave nie away, starling a sqnittei-ing nute 

 of alarm. 



The Carnivora are well represented. Tigers, leopards, fishing 

 cats and civets {Mrerr<( 'iUiethn) all occur — -the Palm Civet (t]lVI"U) 

 being particular!}' connnon ; and a Jungle Cat {Felis chaus) was shot 

 elose to camp while devouring a hare, and which it showed no inch na- 

 tion to give up or leave. This is a long legged and short tailed i-at — 



