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(2) Macaca assamensis, McCl. 

 The Himalayan Monkey. 

 (Synonymy in No. 16.) 

 Jl, 51, Atechg. -20 miles S. W. of Kindat. 

 {See also Report, No. 20.) 

 "One or two skins sent. Common, especially near cultivation ; big herds 

 are also met with in the jungle. Burmans sometimes eat the flesh. 

 Vernacular name : Myouk Sat (Burmese)." — J.M.D.M. 



(3) PiTHECUS PHAYBEI, Bly. 



Phayr&s Leaf Monhey. 

 (Synonymy in No. 14.) 

 52, Letsigan. 



{See also Reports Nos. 16 and 20.) 

 Mr. Thomas has [recently published a paper (A.M.N.H., Vol. XVII^ 

 p. 179) in which, for reasons advanced, he advocates the use of the name 

 Pithecus for the Langurs and that of Macaca for the Macaques. He writes : 

 " It appears to me no great harm if a fresh and far earlier name be attached 

 to it {i.e., the langurs) and, in fact, at the cost of one more change after 

 many, by putting its date further back, rendering the name of the genus far 

 more stable than has hitherto seemed likely ever to be the case." I have 

 therefore adopted this nomenclature and can only express a hope that Mr. 

 Thomas is correct in his estimate of its stability. This change will necessi- 

 tate the substitution of Pithecus for Presbytis, wherever the latter occurs in 

 these reports and a similar substitution of Macaca for Simia in reports up to 

 No. 14 and for Pithecus in all later reports up to date. 



- " Pretty common, more so at some distance from villages. Of 2 females 

 shot, at about 3,000 feet, from a herd of 20 or so, on the 10th of February 

 1916, one was in milk, the other contained a single | grown foetus (with 

 no hair on). Burmans eat the flesh. Weight 17 and 15 lbs."— J.M.D.M. 



(4) Nycticebus coucang, Bodd. 



The Sloiv Loris. . 



(Synonymy in No. 17.) 



cJ 1, 20 miles W. of Kindat. 



The type locality is "Bengal." 



This is a much more brightly coloured specimen than the one from Teaas- 

 serim. It comes from much nearer the type locality of coucang and is 

 therefore more likely to be true coucang, until topotypes are available^ 

 however, the whole question must remain open. 



" Not very scarce, but keeps hidden until absolutely dark. The Chins 

 use the fur, as Europeans use cobwebs, to stop bleeding ; it is said to be very 

 efficacious. The stomach contained green food (leaves and shoots), fruit, a 

 beetle, and a small piece of bone, apparently from a small bird. The 

 digits of all four feet were tightly clenched in death. I have a young one 

 alive at present but it refuses to become at all tame. It sleeps rolled up 

 in a ball, with the head right between the thighs. Its food consists of 

 fruit of all kinds. It moves in a moiat peculiar way very slowly and 

 deliberately, putting the hindfoot right up to the front one, then moving 



