THE WANDEROO, 15 
This very singular animal is a native of the East Indies, and is found 
commonly enough in Ceylon. The heavy mass of hair that surmounts the 
head and envelops the entire face gives it a rather dignified aspect, reminding 
the observer of the huge peruke under whose learned shade the great legal 
chiefs consider judgment. The hair on the top of the head is black, but 
WANDEROO. —(Silenus veter). 
the great beard that rolls down the face and beneath the chin is of a grey 
tint, as if blanched by the burden of many years. In some instances this 
ae roeni almost entirely white, and then the Wanderoo looks very venerable 
indeed. : 
From the form of the tail, which is of a moderate length, and decorated 
with a hairy tuft at its extremity, the Wanderoo is also known by the name 
of the Lion-tailed Baboon. ' 
The greater part of the fur of this animal is of a fine black, but the colour 
assumes a lighter hue on the breast and abdomen. The callosities on the 
hinder quarters are of a light pink. 
It is not a very large animal, being rather less than three feet from the 
nose to the tip of the tail. 
In the absence of a tail, and in general form, the BLACK MACAQUE bears 
some resemblance to the Magot, but in colour and arrangement of hair, it is 
entirely distinct from that animal. 
The tint of the fur is as deep a black as that of the Budeng, or Black 
Colobus. Both these monkeys are possessed: of crests which give a peculiar 
character to the whole aspect. That of the Black Colobus, however, is 
reverted forward, and curves to a point over the forehead, while that of the 
