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prominent feature. The local natives know it by the— to Europeans- 

 uncomplimentary title of "White Man." In the female the nose is less 

 well developed, and in the young it is short and turned up. This is a 

 very delicate animal, but has been kept in captivity both in Calcutta 

 and London. It has been observed in its wild state to keep among 

 boughs overhanging the water. 



The other kind, the Snub-nosed Monkey {Rhinopithecus roxellance) 

 of Moupin in North-eastern China, which extends to Kokonoor, is 

 equally extraordinary in its way. It is also a large animal, and power- 

 fully built, with an absurd-looking small turned-up nose, set in a green 

 face. Its fur is thick and very gaily coloured, chiefly grey above and 

 yellow below, becoming bright orange on the fur around the bare face 

 and on the neck and chest. This monkey is a true cold-climate species, 

 living permanently in mountain forests where snow lies more than half 

 the year — a very strange contrast to the tropical haunts of most of this 

 group. Such a hardy and quaint-looking animal would be a great 

 acquisition to any European Zoological Garden ; but, so far as I am 

 aware, no such institution has ever exhibited it. 



