320 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER OK THE [Apr. 3, 



On April 1st, 1897, I bought from a Siamese at Tahkamen a 

 young monkey apparently of this species : it was evidently very 

 youug, and was weak and feeble. We tried feeding it at first with 

 a bit of cotton-wool soaked in tinned inilk and water (fresh milk 

 was not to be had), but soon a young Siamese woman offered to 

 suckle it, and she fed it with her own milk till we left Tahkamen 

 on the 5th of April ; then we had to feed the monkey on tinned 

 milk and mashed bananas. It throve very well ; in a few weeks it 

 could feed itself on a mess of banana, rice, porridge, and milk, and 

 when we had had it about six weeks it took to eating a little grass 

 on the lawn every day. It grew stronger and very active and 

 was very fond of us (though it screamed at strangers and would 

 not be touched by them); it also enjoyed romps with a Siamese 

 kitten, and the two little animals would sleep curled up together — 

 the monkey grasping the kitten's fur in its hands. When playing 

 about and extra pleased this monkey had a comic little habit of 

 jumping in the air vertically and coming down again on all fours. 

 Its senses of sight and hearing were particularly acute, and it 

 would follow my wife or myself about the house and compound. 



Dimensions on April 1st: — Head and body 10 in. (or 254 mm.); 

 tail (with end hair) 13| in. (or 343 mm.). 



For two months this little animal was as well, happy, and active 

 as could be; then it got a sudden attack of diarrhoea and a bad cold 

 in the head, and, in spite of careful nursing, died on June 4th, 

 1897. Its dimensions then were : — 



Head and body 11 in. (or 279 mm.); tail, with end hair 13| in. 

 (or 350 mm.), without end hair 12| in. (or 324 mm.). 



Colour. (Noted from life on 1.4.97.) Fur bright gold all over, 

 except the long hair on the forehead, which is dark grey, and the 

 hands and feet, which are also dark grey, and the hair on the 

 cheeks and chin, which is white. Skin of face and ears dark brown. 

 Iris dark brown. The skin of the abdomen and inner side of limbs 

 is white, sparsely covered with golden fur. 



Colour (of same individual, noted immediately after death, 5.6.97). 

 Hair on forehead, crown, back of head, and neck black mixed 

 with silvery grey. Lips, chin, long whiskers, and sides of head 

 (both in front and behind ears) pure silvery white- Body, tail, 

 and limbs golden orange, mixed with silvery and dark grey hairs, 

 especially dark grey on the lumbar region, base of tail, forearm, 

 and lower leg ; the hinder portion of the forearm is almost entirely 

 black, as is the hair on the hands and feet, but there are some 

 silver hairs on the fingers, many on the toes, and many golden 

 hairs on the " instep " of the hind feet. Naked skin of face, ears, 

 hands, and feet entirely black. Iris dark brown. Callosities pale 

 flesh-colour. 



The hair of the crown does not radiate, but is directed backwards, 

 forming a pointed crest over the occiput. Black supraorbital hairs 

 well-developed, whiskers long, beard short. 



Distribution. Cochinchina, Siam. 



In the Siamese Museum there was also a stuffed Lutong I never 



