SOME QUEER-NOSED MONKEYS 173 
which have gone in for eccentric nasal development are 
near relatives of the langurs. The first of these, which 
has been known in Europe since 1781, is an inhabitant 
of Borneo, where, be it observed, there are also true 
langurs with normal noses. As may be seen from the 
figure, which represents a male in the Natural History 
branch of the British Museum, the proboscis monkey, as 
the species is called, is characterised by the inordinate 
length of the nasal organ of the adult male, which projects 
far in front of the line of the mouth, and gives to the 
whole physiognomy a most grotesque appearance. So 
remarkable, indeed, is the face of this monkey, that the 
first view of a stuffed specimen suggests to the beholder 
that it has been “ faked,” after the fashion of the “bogus” 
animals formerly manufactured by our Japanese friends. 
The nostrils are situated on the under surface of the tip 
of this ungainly proboscis, and are separated from another 
by an extremely narrow partition. According to recent 
observations, the nose, instead of projecting straight forward, 
should bend down in front of the mouth. In the case of 
the female the degree of nasal development is considerably 
less; and in the young of both sexes the nose is com- 
paratively short, with the nostrils visible from the front, 
instead of being directed downwards. In point of size, 
the jproboscis monkey is a comparatively large animal, the 
length of the head and body of the adult male being about 
thirty inches, and that of the tail some three inches less. 
Its colour is likewise conspicuous and striking, the upper 
parts, with the exception of a light band across the loins, 
being brilliant chestnut, and the face, which is fringed 
with long yellowish hair, a reddish flesh-colour. 
Far more brilliant in colour is the first of the two 
Tibetan species which exhibit the opposite type of nasal 
