26 WILD BEASTS OF THE WORLD 



to jump into it off boughs purely for the fun of the thing, just like a 

 party of schoolboys bathing. 



Although very active, these monkeys cannot compare with the 

 'Lungoor in gymnastic feats, and they are more inclined to come to 

 the ground, as they are most omnivorous feeders, eating not only leaves, 

 fruit, and grain, but also insects, lizards, and so forth. Like their sacred 

 relative, they come about cultivation and houses, and commit various 

 depredations ; for the respect in which the Lungoor is held appears to 

 be extended to his lay relatives to some extent, and in any case the 

 Indian native is very tolerant of animals even when noxious— a character- 

 istic which, although it occasionally allows of a good deal of annoyance 

 from the creatures, makes India perhaps the best country in the world 

 for the naturalist, wild animals being so astonishingly confiding there. 



The Bunder is not only widely distributed in the plains^ but ascends 

 the hills in places, as in Kashmir and about Simla, where a colony in- 

 habits Jacko Hill. Its existence in Chitral, in a decidedly cold climate, 

 has only been recently ascertained by Captain Macmahon, and a speci- 

 men received from him is, at the time of writing, in our Zoological 

 Gardens; it has a, thick silky coat, somewhat like that of the Tcheli 

 Monkey {Macacus tchelieHsis) of North China, which is itself doubtfully 

 distinct from the present species. 



These monkeys are sociable animals, like most of their kind, but 

 they are continually quarrelling amongst themselves, teasing each other 

 and striking; when enraged their faces become quite red, as Darwin 

 pointed out long ago. Although they haye no call, Unlike Lungoors or 

 Hoolocks, their vocabulary is fairly extensive, but the expressions are 

 not musical by any means. Even the mother will snatch food from 

 her young one when it is weaned and begins to feed itself, and, of 

 course, there is always unpleasantness between the leading male and 

 his would-be rivals. 



Bunders are captured in large numbers for export, and in England, 

 at all events, this is far the commonest monkey kept in captivity now- 

 adays ; it is the usual companion of the organ-grinder. Most of those 

 seen for sale are quite young, and I was told in India that they were 



