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specimens from Larut, Perak. In the Museum at Kuala Lumpor 

 there are two specimens from Selangor. 



I have never met with this monkey in a wild state, but it is very 

 commonly to be seen in captivity in the Straits .Settlements. The 

 young are said to be intelligent. Three adult males I had alive were 

 inclined to be savage ; their strength compared to their size was 

 extraordinary, and they were very destructive, requiring strongly 

 built cages to keep them in. 



Distribution. Southern Burma, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, 

 Sumatra, Banka, Java, Borneo. 



In the Museum at Singapore is a nearly mature embryo, a cross 

 between a male Maeacus nemestrinus and a female Cynopithecus 

 nirjer, which paired in the Singapore Gardens (Rep. Baffles Libr. 

 & Mus. 1896, p. 5). 



9. Macacits ctnomolgus (Schreb.). Macaque or Crab-eating 

 Monkey. 



Cercopithecus cynomolgus, Cantor, p. 6. 



Maeacus cynomolgus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 21 ; Ridley, 

 Mamm. Malay Pen. p. 24. 



" Kra " of the English in the Straits Settlements and of the 

 Malays. Siamese. "Ling." 



Localities. The Kra or Mangrove Monkey is par excellence " the 

 common monkey " of the Malay Peninsula ; personally 1 have seen 

 them wild in Penang (up to 2000 feet elevation), in Kedah and in 

 Singapore (Sungei Pandang, Blaken Mati, Botanical Gardens, and 

 Bukit Timah). In the Museum at Taiping are several specimens 

 from the Larut and Kinta districts of Perak. Bidley (J. S. B. R. A. S. 

 1894, no. 25, p. 57) records it from Pahang, stating that it is 

 " common along the coast and for some distance up the rivers." 

 Kelsall (J. S. B. R. A. S. 1894, no. 26, p. 16) records it from Johore, 

 in almost similar words : " common in the low lands near the coast 

 and up the rivers for a considerable distance." 



In the Siamese Museum there is a stuffed specimen labelled 

 " Siam." I have not unfrequently seen these monkeys on house- 

 tops and in trees in Bangkok, but believe they were all individuals 

 escaped from captivity. In 1898 there was a white Kra, an 

 extremely pretty monkey, living in the King's garden at Bangkok. 



Habits. When travelling on the Malay rivers one generally sees 

 the Kras in small parties of from 2 to 10 among the tree-branches 

 at high tide, but at low water they take to the mud and hunt 

 about for food. They usually take little notice of passing boats, 

 and so can be easily observed. In captivity they become intelligent 

 pets ; though the adult male Broh becomes fierce and dangerous, 

 I have known a very large male Kra to be remarkably tame. They 

 delight in water, and (at any rate in their native climate) should 

 be allowed a bath at least once a day. 



Ridley (Mamm. Malay Pen. p. 26) says, " I have seen one leaping 

 off the boughs of a tree into the water, climbing up and leaping off 

 again and again." And I was told of one kept by some Euglish 



