10 THE HOONUMAN AND PROBOSCIS MONKEY. 
together with that of a narrow band .running over the eyes and temples, is 
bleele From this conspicuous peculiarity, the Simpai 1s also called 
the Black-crested Monkey. 
The name _ Presbytes ae 
nifies an old man, and is == 
given to these monkeys on ECG / 
account of the wizened, old- Wor Z— 
fashioned aspect of their Sy 
countenances. The term 
“melalophos” is literally 
“black-crested,” and there- 
fore a very appropriate 
name for this species. 
The length of this animal, 
measured from the nose to 
the root of the tail, is about 
twenty inches, and that of 
the tail itself is not very far 
from three feet. Its fur is 
very soft and glossy. 
A well-known example of 
this group of monkeys is ENTELLUS.—(Presbytes Entellus.) 
the HOONUMAN or ENTEL- 
Lus. This is a consider- 
ably larger animal than the Simpai, as the adult Hoonuman measures three 
or four feet from the nose to the root of the tail, and the tail itself rather 
exceeds the body in length. The colour of this monkey when young, is a grey- 
ish brown, excepting a dark brown line along the back and over the loins. As 
the animal increases in years, the fur darkens in colour, chiefly by means of 
pee hairs that are inserted at intervals. The face, hands, and fret are 
black. 
It is a native of India, and, fortu- 
nately for itself, the mythological reli- 
gion is so closely connected with it that 
it lives in perfect security. Monkeys are 
never short-sighted in spying out an ad- 
vantage, and the Entellus monkeys are 
no exception to the rule. Feeling them- 
selves masters of the situation, and 
knowing full well that they will not be 
punished for any delinquency, they take 
up their position in a village with as 
much complacency as if they had built 
it themselves. They parade the streets, 
they mix on equal terms with the inha- 
bitants, they clamber over the houses, 
they frequent the shops, especially those 
of the pastrycooks and fruit-sellers, keep- 
ing their proprietors constantly on the 
watch. 
The PROBOSCIS MONKEY, or KAHAU, 
= At is pee ed called, on account 
of its cry bearing some resemblance to that word, is an i i 
and probably of several neighbouring countries. ; It sage Cae 
the engraving, an animal of very unattractive features, principally on eK: 
KAHAU.—(Presbytes carvatus.) 
