688 Mil. A. LOVKIUBGK : NOTKS ON 



CbRCOPITHECUS ALnOQULARIS IIUFILATUS PoC. 



Senghwa in Kikami and Kisagara, Kima in Kiswaliili. 



The Blue Monkey was met with at Bagilo, all along the Wami 

 and Mkata Ilivers, common at Kilosa, Miombo, and Kipera. It 

 shows a maiked preference for primary forest and the great trees 

 burdened with epiphytic growth which fringe the banks of the 

 larger rivers. 



A young specimen which I had in captivity for some months, 

 and which was subsequently killed Ij^' a leopard, was on several 

 occasions observed to eat " cuckoo spit " of its own accoi'd, and 

 with evident relish ! The rapidity with which it pounced upon 

 insects — chiefly grasshoppers — and disposed of them was really 

 remarkable. I have watched adults raiding maize plantations 

 at Tindiga, but they are not so addicted to thieving practices as 

 their relatives C. p. johnsioni. 



A maggot of Caiulylohia sp. had to be removed from the fore- 

 arm of the young monkey just mentioned. 



CKnCOPITIJECUS PYOEIIYTIIRUS JOIINSTONI PoC. 



Ngederi in Kikami and Kisagara, Nunibili in Kinyamwezi, 

 Niadengwa in Ohigogo, Tumbili in Kinyaturu, Kin3'iramba, and 

 Kiswahili. 



Seen or collected at Bogoti, Tindiga, Kilosa, Kipei^i, Kidai, 

 Itende, Kidenge, Mpanira, Ikikuyu, Kibakwe, Lukole, Jgulwe, 

 Usshora, and Ulugu. 



The largest male measured 543. C50. 130. 35 mm., and female 

 470. 535. 121. 40n)m. The}' probably breed all the year round : 

 notes of females with young at their breasts were made in 

 IJ'ebrnary (fgulwo) and July (Tindiga). A newly-boi'u young 

 one was found in a shamba at Kilosa, it weigl\ed 14 ozs., and 

 measured IHO. 270. 05. 25 mm. (2(). vii. 22). 



A large female monkey in a dying condition was brought to 

 me by a native, who said it had been attacked by a Martial Hawk- 

 Eagle. As the native carried a bow and arrows I Avas rather 

 doubtful of the story, but on skinning it later no hole was found 

 but the skull was diluted and ci'acked. It had two old breaks in 

 its tail which were healed. At Kidenge a party of monkeys in 

 the euphorbious thorn-scrub on the side of the mount.ain laised a 

 great outcry and kept it up for half-an-hour ; on enquiring the 

 reason from some natives who Avere idly watching, I was told 

 that an eagle had dropped down from the sky and was perched on 

 a rock near the monkeys (Kidenge, 14. ii. 23). 



'J'he Jiogoti specimen had rod acarine parasites on its ears. 



Ckucopitukcus PYaERYTHRirs CENTRALIS Neum. 

 Numbiri in Kisukuma. 



Two from Sagayo and Kikindu. The larger male measuied 

 490. 020. 150. 30 mm. 



