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inquisitive and 'mischievous of its tribe, and its powers 6f mimicry are 

 surpassed by none. With age it becomes more sullen and less amenable 

 to discipline. 



A variety, with an apparently longer tail, was brought to me at Nellore 

 from the Eastern Ghats, and the shikarees called it the Konda koti, or 

 hill monkey, to distinguish it from the common one, but I had not an 

 opportunity at the time of comparing it with a specimen of the common 

 one ; and must therefore, in the absence of specimens, consider it only as 

 an individual variety. 



Ceylon possesses a representative of M. radiatus in M. pileatus, Shaw, 

 (sinica of Linnajus) ; and M. eynomolgos, L., and M. carbonarius, ¥. 

 Cuvier, are both found in Burmah. 



The African monkeys of this sub-family belong to Cynocephalus and 

 Papio, true short-tailed baboons, of savage disposition and carnivorous 

 habits; whilst the species of Cercopithecus, with their long tails and sombre 

 colors, externally more resemble Preshytis. 



The family Ceeid^ or PLATYRHiNiE, with the nostrils far apart, are 

 all American. They are divided into 1st, Hapalin^, or Marmosets, of 

 very small size, the ears tufted, the tail bushy but not prehensile, the 

 teeth as in the last family, but the tubercles of the molars sharp : they 

 feed both on insects and fruit. 2nd, CBBiuiE, with 36 teeth, viz., incisors, 



- ; canines, j—rr ; molars, ^ — - ; a prehensile tail ; small, or of moderate 



size ; the face often naked. They are mild and tractable in their disposi- 

 tion, and feed both on insects and fruit. 



Fam, LBMUEiDiE. 



Upper incisors, 4, usually in pairs ; lower ones 4 or 2 ; molars, -. 



5 — 5 

 Nostrils terminal ; first finger of the hind feet with recurved claw ; other 



nails flat; thumbs of both extremities opposable; molars with pointed 

 and alternating tubercles. 



This highly interesting family, classed by some under the name of 

 Strepsirhini, has been lately separated into the sub-families Indrisince 

 LemuriTKs, NycticehincB, and Galagince. 



The great majority are natives of Madagascar ; one genus from Africa ; 

 and two or three species from India, including Malayana. They are dis- 

 tinguished from monkeys by the two-homed uterus, by the lower jaw 

 remaining permanently divided in the middle, and by the bony orbits 



