198 Nste on the Gibbon of Tenasserim, Sylobates lar. FISTo. 2 



Note on the Gibbon of Tenassevim, Sylobates lar. — By Lieut. -Col, 

 S, K. Tickell ; in a letter to A. Geote^ Usq. 



I send a transcript from my Mammalian collection of what I had 

 recorded of Hylobates lar, at least of its wild and tame habits. Notes 

 on its osteology and soft anatomy and structure, you will not require 

 as you have a specimen by you, which I suppose from what you say 

 of its paralysis will not live long. The one you have, must have been 

 about H year old when I sent it you. Doubtless captivity has 

 checked its growth. I give the dimensions taken of an adult one, but 

 I think I have seen them larger, and the males are larger than the 

 females, (as in all monkeys). 



The Burmese and Talains never keep monkeys of any kind as pets. 

 The Karens sometimes do. Of the Shans I cannot speak, but being 

 Budhisfcs they probably do not either. 



Hjlobates Lar (Ogilby.) 

 The Hylobates lar is found in great abundance in all the forests, 

 skirting the hills, which run from north to south through the pro- 

 vince of Tenasserim. They ascend the hills themselves up to an 

 elevation of 3,000 to 3,500 feet above sea level, but not higher, and 

 are usually met with in parties of from 8 to 20, composed of indivi- 

 duals of all ages. It is rare to see a solitary one ; occasionally, how- 

 ever, an old male will stay apart from the flock, perched on the 

 summit of some vast tree, whence his howls are heard for miles 

 around. The forests which these animals inhabit, resound with their 

 cries from sunrise to about 9 A. M, Their usual call may be thus 

 rendered. 



W- 



JB&-. 



s$ 



- — woe! 



wroo a — -uroo a uroo 



The sounds varying from the deep notes of the adults to the sharp 

 treble of the young ones. During these vocal efforts they appear to 



