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M. carbonarius, F. Cuv. Living adult male, purchased : young, presented 

 by Capt. Abbott. Common in Arracan, and quite distinct from the preceding 

 species.* 



M. radiatus, Desm. Living adult male ; and stuffed specimen of a nearly 

 full grown female, purchased (dead). Common in the peninsula of India, and 

 replaced in Ceylon by the allied M. sinicus. 



Of the African genus Cercopithecus, we have only C. sabceus, (Lin.), v. C. 

 chrysurus, nobis, XIII, 477. A large old specimen j and a younger one, from 

 the Cape de Verd Islands, purchased alive. 



We now proceed to the division of long-tailed Monkeys, with a sacculated 

 stomach, and devoid of cheek-pouches, comprising the Asiatic genus Presbytis 

 (vel Semnopithecus), and the nearly allied African genus Colobus. Of the 

 latter we possess no example ; but of the former a tolerably rich series. 



Pr. entellus, (F. Cuv.). Adult male and female, and two young of different 

 ages ; procured in the neighbourhood. We have also skeletons of adults of both 

 sexes, not yet set up. This, the true Entellus Monkey, or common Hoonuman 

 of Bengal, I have never yet seen wild on the eastern side of the river Hoogly, 

 and its absence has often been remarked on the Cossimbazar island (formed 

 by the two chief confluents of the Hoogly and the main stream of the Ganges) ; 

 while it abounds almost everywhere on the western or right bank of the 

 Hoogly and up the Ganges, extending its range to Central India, and to 

 Cuttack. I am assured also of its occurrence in Assam ; but have never seen 

 a specimen from that province. This animal is of a pale sullied straw-colour, 

 more or less tinged with a peculiar chocolat-au-lait brown on the back and 

 limbs ; having constantly black hands and feet, and no trace of crest on the 

 vertex. It is one of the commonest of Bengal animals, and I have never ob- 

 served it to vary, so as to approximate in any degree to the following species. 



Pr. priamus, Elliot, XIII, 470. The common Hoonuman of the Coro- 

 mandel coast and of Ceylon, and which Mr. Jerdon informs me abounds, 

 together with Pr. hypoleucos, in the vicinity of Tellichery on the Malabar 

 coast of the peninsula of India. A nearly full grown female, presented by 

 Walter Elliot, Esq. In this species, the pale chocolat-au-lait tint spreads 

 over the whole back and outside of the limbs, to a much greater extent than 

 is ever seen on Pr. entellus ; appearing also upon the crown, which exhibits 

 likewise a compressed high vertical crest, resembling that of several of the 

 Malayan species ; and the hands and feet are whitish, i. e. clad above with 

 whitish hairs. The hairs of the pelage of this and of the two following 

 species are straight, and not sinuous as in Pr. entellus. 



* I have been keeping both alive for these two or three years past, adult males ; aiud 

 have seen and had several other live specimens of M. carbonarius. 



