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  PITHECUS 
  

  

  an 
  animal 
  with 
  a 
  thin 
  beard, 
  below 
  the 
  chin 
  alone, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  

   long 
  tail 
  ; 
  figure 
  two 
  shows 
  a 
  monkey 
  drawn 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  resemble 
  a 
  lion 
  

   as 
  much 
  as 
  possible." 
  The 
  figure 
  on 
  the 
  next 
  plate 
  "represents 
  an 
  

   animal 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  tail, 
  hairy 
  body 
  and 
  long 
  hair 
  all 
  around 
  the 
  head." 
  

   Whatever 
  species 
  these 
  figures 
  and 
  description 
  were 
  intended 
  to 
  

   represent, 
  it 
  is 
  certain 
  they 
  will 
  not 
  answer 
  for 
  the 
  Malabar 
  Monkey, 
  

   and 
  Linnaeus 
  himself 
  was 
  so 
  little 
  satisfied 
  with 
  his 
  description 
  in 
  the 
  

   10th 
  edition 
  that 
  he 
  changes 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  12th 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  read 
  "barba 
  

   nigra 
  prolixa" 
  and 
  thus 
  make 
  it 
  accord 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  Alpinus. 
  Linnaeus 
  

   characterizes 
  his 
  S. 
  silenus 
  in 
  this 
  manner: 
  Size 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  largest 
  

   Baboon 
  ; 
  beard 
  white 
  in 
  one 
  edition, 
  black 
  in 
  the 
  other, 
  and 
  the 
  animal 
  

   came 
  from 
  Egypt 
  in 
  the 
  12th 
  edition, 
  but 
  from 
  Asia, 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  Java 
  

   in 
  the 
  10th 
  edition. 
  Here 
  then 
  we 
  have 
  two 
  writers, 
  neither 
  of 
  whom 
  

   ever 
  probably 
  saw 
  the 
  monkey 
  they 
  described, 
  one 
  of 
  whom, 
  Alpinus, 
  

   states 
  that 
  his 
  species 
  has 
  a 
  black 
  beard, 
  and 
  the 
  other, 
  Linnaeus, 
  trying 
  

   to 
  diagnose 
  the 
  same 
  animal, 
  says 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  place 
  the 
  beard 
  is 
  white 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  place 
  it 
  is 
  black. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  likely 
  that 
  it 
  was- 
  

   the 
  Malabar 
  Monkey 
  to 
  which 
  either 
  Author 
  referred, 
  as 
  neither 
  the 
  

   size 
  nor 
  the 
  habitats 
  given 
  answer 
  for 
  the 
  species, 
  and 
  Linnaeus 
  at 
  all 
  

   events, 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  foggy 
  idea 
  of 
  its 
  appearance. 
  Considering, 
  there- 
  

   fore, 
  the 
  absolute 
  uncertainty 
  as 
  to 
  what 
  the 
  5. 
  silenus 
  Linn., 
  really 
  

   was, 
  it 
  seems 
  best 
  to 
  regard 
  it 
  as 
  undeterminable 
  and 
  select 
  the 
  name 
  

   that 
  was, 
  without 
  question, 
  bestowed 
  upon 
  the 
  species, 
  and 
  this 
  appears 
  

   to 
  be 
  Simia 
  albibarbatus 
  Kerr, 
  (1. 
  a). 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  Ouanderou, 
  or 
  

   Lowando 
  of 
  BufTon, 
  (1. 
  c.) 
  and 
  his 
  figure 
  fairly 
  represents 
  it, 
  except 
  

   the 
  tail 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  reduced 
  more 
  than 
  half, 
  the 
  specimen 
  

   probably 
  having 
  lost 
  the 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  its 
  length. 
  The 
  name 
  has 
  

   been 
  misapplied, 
  as 
  Wanderou, 
  or 
  Ouanderou 
  properly 
  belongs 
  to 
  

   Presbytis 
  cephaloloptera 
  of 
  Ceylon, 
  in 
  which 
  island 
  the 
  P. 
  albi- 
  

   barbatus 
  is 
  not 
  found, 
  for 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  species 
  of 
  monkey 
  there 
  with 
  a 
  

   white 
  beard. 
  

  

  Jerdon, 
  (1. 
  c.) 
  says 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  that 
  "it 
  is 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  

   elevated 
  forests 
  of 
  the 
  Western 
  Ghats 
  of 
  India 
  from 
  N. 
  L. 
  14° 
  to 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  south, 
  but 
  most 
  abundant 
  in 
  Cochin 
  and 
  Travancore. 
  It 
  is 
  

   said 
  to 
  occur 
  still 
  farther 
  north 
  up 
  to 
  Goa, 
  N. 
  L. 
  15^, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  

   authentic 
  information 
  of 
  its 
  occurrence 
  so 
  high. 
  It 
  frequents 
  the 
  most 
  

   dense 
  and 
  unfrequented 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  forest, 
  always, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  

   observed 
  it, 
  at 
  a 
  considerable 
  elevation, 
  and 
  I 
  had 
  often 
  traversed 
  the 
  

   Malabar 
  forests 
  before 
  I 
  first 
  fell 
  in 
  with 
  it. 
  This 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  Cotiady 
  pass, 
  leading 
  from 
  Malabar 
  into 
  the 
  Wynaad. 
  I 
  have 
  since 
  

   met 
  with 
  it 
  in 
  several 
  other 
  localities, 
  but 
  always 
  near 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  