252 THE SAMANGO— LEMURS 



detected fleeing through the branches of the 

 trees, which they agitate hke a strong wind. 



Sykes' Monkey is a comparative rarity. The 

 only one I have seen was in captivity, in pos- 

 session of a member of the numerous family of 

 my old Portuguese friend Senhor Balthazar 

 Farinha at Quelimane. Somewhat larger than 

 the grivet, and with a much thicker and hand- 

 somer coat, the colouring of this type is in every 

 way richer, running in fine gradations from the 

 reddish black of the lower portion of the back to 

 a fine greenish tinge over the neck and shoulders. 



The Samango, of which I recently saw a 

 particularly fine and remarkably tame specimen 

 at the African Lakes Hotel at Chinde, is again, if 

 I mistake not, larger than Sykes' variety. This 

 really beautiful animal passed its days in the 

 branches of a small tree in the back premises of 

 the hotel, where, for hours at a time, it would 

 swing backward and forward at the extremity of 

 its generous tether. The general colour scheme 

 is rich, glossy, dark steel-grey, with black head 

 and limb extremities, the fur very soft and thick, 

 and the features handsomer — if one may use 

 such an expression in connection with a monkey 

 — than are those of others of the smaller varieties. 

 It lacks the velvety gradations of colour seen in 

 Sykes' monkey, as also the bright blue scrotum of 

 the more plainly apparelled grivet. 



A very pretty and interesting creature, which 

 also makes a delightful pet, is the small, fluffy, 

 wistful-looking Lemur. I believe in certain parts 

 of Africa, notably the south, this small animal has 



