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  PITHECUS 
  

  

  (1. 
  c.) 
  and 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  face 
  has 
  no 
  significance 
  as 
  it 
  varies 
  greatly, 
  

   and 
  dark 
  and 
  light 
  faces 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  restricted 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  color 
  

   of 
  pelage, 
  and 
  the 
  dark 
  face 
  is 
  seen 
  in 
  an 
  animal 
  with 
  a 
  light 
  hued 
  

   pelage, 
  and 
  a 
  pale 
  face 
  with 
  an 
  individual 
  having 
  a 
  dark 
  colored 
  coat. 
  

   It 
  is 
  merely 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  individual 
  variation 
  without 
  any 
  specific 
  

   value 
  whatever. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  three 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  from 
  the 
  Baram 
  

   River 
  district 
  of 
  Borneo, 
  a 
  female 
  and 
  two 
  young. 
  The 
  female 
  closely 
  

   resembles 
  specimens 
  of 
  P. 
  irus 
  from 
  the 
  Malay 
  Peninsula 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  

   present 
  we 
  can 
  only 
  consider 
  that 
  it 
  represents 
  the 
  same 
  species, 
  but 
  

   it 
  is 
  not 
  unlikely 
  that, 
  with 
  ample 
  materials 
  to 
  enable 
  a 
  more 
  correct 
  

   opinion 
  to 
  be 
  formed, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  advisable 
  to 
  separate 
  the 
  

   Bornean 
  animal 
  from 
  the 
  Malayan. 
  

  

  F. 
  Cuvier's 
  type 
  of 
  M. 
  carbonarius 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum, 
  

   and 
  probably 
  never 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  collection. 
  

  

  Flower, 
  (1. 
  c.) 
  states 
  "when 
  travelling 
  on 
  the 
  Malay 
  rivers 
  one 
  

   generally 
  sees 
  the 
  Kras 
  in 
  small 
  parties 
  of 
  from 
  two 
  to 
  ten 
  among 
  the 
  

   tree 
  branches 
  at 
  high 
  tides, 
  but 
  at 
  low 
  water 
  they 
  take 
  to 
  the 
  mud 
  and 
  

   hunt 
  about 
  for 
  food. 
  They 
  generally 
  take 
  little 
  notice 
  of 
  passing 
  boats, 
  

   and 
  so 
  can 
  be 
  easily 
  observed. 
  In 
  captivity 
  they 
  become 
  intelligent 
  pets, 
  

   though 
  the 
  adult 
  male 
  Broh 
  becomes 
  fierce 
  and 
  dangerous. 
  I 
  have 
  

   known 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  male 
  Kra 
  to 
  be 
  remarkably 
  tame. 
  They 
  delight 
  in 
  

   water, 
  and, 
  (at 
  any 
  rate 
  in 
  their 
  native 
  climate), 
  should 
  be 
  allowed 
  a 
  

   bath 
  at 
  least 
  once 
  a 
  day. 
  

  

  "Ridley 
  says 
  he 
  has 
  seen 
  one 
  leaping 
  off 
  the 
  boughs 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  into 
  

   the 
  water, 
  climbing 
  up 
  and 
  leaping 
  off 
  again 
  and 
  again, 
  and 
  I 
  was 
  told 
  

   of 
  one 
  kept 
  by 
  some 
  English 
  soldiers 
  at 
  Singapore 
  that 
  would 
  dive 
  

   into 
  a 
  deep 
  tub 
  of 
  water 
  and 
  fetch 
  out 
  bananas 
  that 
  were 
  thrown 
  in 
  for 
  

   it. 
  The 
  males 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  (as 
  well 
  as 
  some 
  other 
  Macaci), 
  seem 
  to 
  

   vary 
  very 
  much 
  in 
  size." 
  

  

  Pithecus 
  mordax 
  (Thomas 
  and 
  Wroughton). 
  

  

  Macaca 
  mordax 
  Thos. 
  and 
  Wrought., 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  Ill, 
  

   1909, 
  8th 
  Ser., 
  p. 
  380. 
  

   Type 
  locality. 
  Tjilatjap, 
  West 
  Java. 
  Sea 
  level. 
  Type 
  in 
  British 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  Geogr. 
  Distr. 
  Java 
  and 
  Flores. 
  

  

  Genl. 
  Char. 
  Larger 
  than 
  P. 
  fascicularis 
  from 
  Sumatra, 
  no 
  red 
  

   coloring, 
  teeth 
  larger. 
  

  

  Color. 
  On 
  the 
  forehead 
  a 
  few 
  jet 
  black 
  hairs 
  straggle 
  above 
  the 
  

   eyes, 
  but 
  not 
  enough 
  of 
  them 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  distinct 
  line 
  ; 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  

  

  