STMIADJ;. 



The Malabar Lanqur. 



Descr. — Above, dusky brown, slightly paling on the sides; crown, 

 occiput, sides of head and beard, ftdvous, darkest on the crown ; limbs and 

 tail, dark brown, almost black ; beneath, yellowish white. Not quite so 

 large as Entellus. 



This monkey is found on the Malabar Coast, from about N. L. 14 or 15 to 

 Cape Cdrmorin, that is to say in the provinces of South Canara, Malabar, 

 Cochin, and Travancore. Horsfield, in his Catalogue, states, it to have 

 been found "near Madras, and also in the interior of the peninsula." This 

 is certainly erroneous, and I do not believe that it extends beyond the 

 limit of the forests of Malabar. It does not ascend the mountains to any 

 great height above the sea, and I never saw it above 1,200 or 1,300 feet 

 on the various passes that I have traversed. It certainly does not occur 

 on the wooded table-land of the Wynaad. It is not confined to the forests, 

 but frequents gardens and the belt of cultivated wooded land that extends 

 all along the sea coast of Malabar. 



Like others of this genus, it generally by a noisy and alarmed chatter, 

 gives notice of the presence of tigers, leopards, and other animals of prey. 

 A pair that frequented my garden at Tellicherry pointed out the situation 

 of a tiger that had come during the night. Its food is similar to that of 

 its congeners — ^fruit, seeds, and leaves — and it has the usual loud cry as it 

 leaps from branch to branch. Though frequenting high trees in garden 

 land it is not at all familiar, like Entellus in similar spots, and rather 

 shuns observation. It is frequently taken when young and tamed, as is 

 mentioned by Belanger. 



Blyth, in his Catalogue, considers that cucullatus of Is. Greoffroy in 

 Belanger's voyage, belongs to the next species, which he formerly looked 

 upon as Joknii; but I am convinced that Greoffroy described our monkey, 

 which indeed he procured at Mahi, only 5 miles from Tellicherry, where, as 

 I know, it abounds. It varies a good deal in the intensity of its color, 

 and especially in the blackness of its limbs and tail, and the young are 

 throughout of a sooty brown. 



5. Fresbytis jubatus. 



Semnoptthecus apud Wagner. — S. Johnii apud Martin, and Blytk 

 (olim). — Blyth, Cat. 35 (syn. exo.) 



