174 MOSTLY MAMMALS 
eccentricity in the langur group. But these snub-nosed 
monkeys, as they may be appropriately called, are fully 
as large as the Bornean species, and as they are of much 
stouter build, both as regards body and limbs, they look 
considerably bigger. Instead of a proboscis-like develop- 
ment of nose these two very peculiar monkeys have their 
nasal organs bent suddenly upwards at a sharp angle to 
the line of the face, so that the nostrils are fully visible 
from the front; the whole aspect of the face being curiously 
piquant. The species here figured—the orange snub-nosed 
monkey—was first made known to European science by the 
French missionary, Abbé David, who obtained specimens 
while travelling in the province of Moupin, in Eastern Tibet. 
Some of his specimens are preserved in the Zoological 
Museum at Paris; and the coloured plate of a female has 
long been the only figure available to naturalists. Thanks, 
however, to an energetic English naturalist resident in 
China, the British Museum a few years ago acquired a 
pair of these monkeys; the figure being taken from the 
male, which has been mounted for exhibition, and forms 
one of the most attractive specimens in the large monkey 
case. Since the photograph does not attempt chromatic 
effect, it is necessary to mention that the general colour of 
the upper-parts is rich olive-brown, flecked with yellow 
and suffused with rufous, while the sides of the face, the 
lower part of the forehead, and the under-parts are brilliant 
yellowish orange, tending to full orange on the face, the 
naked portions of which are pale blue. Across the loins 
there is a light patch comparable to that of the proboscis 
monkey ; the tail being proportionately rather shorter than 
in the latter, with a distinct tendency towards a club-shape. 
Altogether, the appearance of the animal is highly peculiar, 
both from the point of view of form and of coloration. 
