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  whitish 
  gray. 
  The 
  skin 
  was 
  originally 
  mounted 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  exposed 
  

   in 
  the 
  case 
  for 
  over 
  half 
  a 
  century, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  accumu- 
  

   lated 
  dust 
  during 
  that 
  length 
  of 
  time 
  has 
  darkened 
  the 
  colors 
  con- 
  

   siderably. 
  Another 
  of 
  Hodgson's 
  specimens 
  also 
  marked 
  M. 
  oinops 
  

   is 
  blackish 
  brown 
  throughout 
  without 
  any 
  orange 
  coloring. 
  It 
  is 
  

   very 
  evident 
  that 
  these 
  examples 
  have 
  not 
  assumed 
  the 
  adult 
  pelage, 
  

   only 
  one 
  exhibiting 
  a 
  change 
  to 
  the 
  coloring 
  of 
  P. 
  rhesus, 
  and 
  the 
  

   probability 
  is 
  they 
  are 
  of 
  that 
  species. 
  Anderson 
  figures 
  a 
  skull 
  of 
  

   Hodgson's 
  oinops 
  as 
  the 
  type, 
  and 
  states 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  skin, 
  but 
  the 
  

   two 
  skulls 
  recorded 
  as 
  types 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  have 
  the 
  skins 
  also, 
  

   and 
  are 
  examples, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  shown, 
  not 
  in 
  mature 
  dress. 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  erythrcea 
  has 
  been 
  applied 
  to 
  this 
  species 
  as 
  'Schreber 
  

   pi. 
  VIII.' 
  As 
  shown 
  by 
  Blanford, 
  (Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1887, 
  p. 
  

   625), 
  no 
  plate 
  with 
  that 
  number 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  with 
  the 
  name 
  Simia 
  

   erythrcea 
  was 
  ever 
  published 
  by 
  Schreber. 
  If 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  

   antedated 
  rhesus 
  Audebert, 
  published 
  in 
  1797. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  such 
  

   plate 
  in 
  vol. 
  I, 
  1775, 
  nor 
  in 
  the 
  additional 
  plates 
  belonging 
  to 
  that 
  

   volume, 
  in 
  vol. 
  Ill, 
  p. 
  590, 
  1778, 
  nor 
  in 
  vol. 
  IV, 
  p. 
  636, 
  1792. 
  The 
  first 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  plate 
  is 
  in 
  Wagner's 
  Supplement 
  I, 
  1840, 
  pi. 
  

   VIIIc. 
  Schreber's 
  original 
  plate 
  VIII, 
  was 
  the 
  Mandrill, 
  Papio 
  

   Sphinx 
  (Linn.). 
  The 
  earliest 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  Simia 
  erythrcea 
  was 
  

   by 
  Shaw, 
  Gen. 
  Zool., 
  I, 
  1800, 
  p. 
  33, 
  and 
  the 
  reference 
  given 
  is 
  "Schreb. 
  

   Suppl." 
  without 
  number 
  of 
  plate 
  or 
  page. 
  Dr. 
  Blanford's 
  theory 
  is 
  

   that 
  a 
  plate 
  "was 
  probably 
  distributed 
  to 
  a 
  few 
  naturalists, 
  but 
  not 
  

   issued 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  as 
  to 
  give 
  validity 
  to 
  the 
  title." 
  ( 
  !) 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  common 
  Macaque 
  of 
  Northern 
  India, 
  and 
  although 
  

   Blanford 
  (1. 
  c.) 
  says 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  held 
  sacred 
  by 
  the 
  Hindus, 
  it 
  certainly 
  

   is 
  venerated 
  by 
  them, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  temple 
  of 
  Hounuman, 
  the 
  Monkey 
  

   God 
  at 
  Benares, 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  kept 
  and 
  given 
  the 
  

   freedom 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  and 
  become 
  very 
  bold 
  and 
  impudent. 
  Their 
  

   numbers 
  increased 
  so 
  greatly 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  in 
  this 
  temple 
  that 
  the 
  

   government 
  was 
  obliged 
  to 
  interfere, 
  and 
  as 
  their 
  destruction 
  would 
  

   have 
  been 
  resented 
  by 
  the 
  natives, 
  a 
  compromise 
  was 
  effected, 
  and 
  all 
  

   but 
  about 
  two 
  hundred 
  were 
  carried 
  into 
  the 
  jungle 
  and 
  set 
  free. 
  

   Doubtless 
  many 
  found 
  their 
  way 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  comfortable 
  quarters 
  

   in 
  the 
  city. 
  When 
  young 
  it 
  is 
  readily 
  tamed 
  and 
  learns 
  easily 
  various 
  

   tricks. 
  Full 
  of 
  mischief 
  and 
  curiosity 
  it 
  often 
  becomes 
  a 
  nuisance 
  

   about 
  the 
  towns, 
  and 
  when 
  adult 
  is 
  frequently 
  ill-tempered, 
  even 
  

   savage. 
  It 
  seeks 
  cultivated 
  tracts 
  and 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  tanks 
  and 
  

   streams, 
  and 
  Blanford 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  wild 
  monkeys 
  go 
  in 
  herds 
  often 
  

   of 
  considerable 
  size, 
  and 
  have 
  but 
  little 
  fear 
  of 
  man, 
  (probably 
  because 
  

  

  