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  PITHECUS 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  a 
  large, 
  dark 
  Macaque 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  Col- 
  

   lection 
  from 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  Luzon, 
  exact 
  locality 
  not 
  stated, 
  I 
  refer 
  to 
  

   this 
  species 
  as 
  they 
  answer 
  Dr. 
  Mearns' 
  description 
  very 
  well. 
  It 
  

   would 
  therefore 
  appear 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  distributed 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  Archipelago. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  O. 
  Thomas 
  (1. 
  c.) 
  considers 
  that 
  the 
  Simia 
  syrichta 
  Linn., 
  

   Syst. 
  Nat., 
  1758, 
  p. 
  29, 
  No. 
  21, 
  must 
  be 
  the 
  present 
  species 
  because 
  

   of 
  the 
  locality 
  given 
  "Luzonum 
  insulis." 
  Neither 
  Petiver's 
  figure 
  nor 
  

   Linnaeus' 
  description 
  indicate 
  in 
  any 
  degree 
  whatever 
  that 
  P. 
  philip- 
  

   pinensis 
  is 
  the 
  species 
  had 
  in 
  mind 
  when 
  Linnaeus 
  bestowed 
  the 
  name 
  

   upon 
  a 
  Philippine 
  monkey. 
  If 
  there 
  was 
  only 
  one 
  Macaque 
  in 
  those 
  

   islands 
  it 
  might 
  then 
  be 
  very 
  properly 
  decided 
  that 
  the 
  name 
  syrichta 
  

   should 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  it, 
  but 
  as 
  there 
  are 
  several 
  Macaques 
  in 
  the 
  Philip- 
  

   pines, 
  and 
  neighboring 
  islands, 
  and 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  their 
  distribution 
  

   in 
  the 
  Archipelago 
  is 
  extremely 
  limited, 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  impossible 
  to 
  

   determine 
  which 
  one 
  it 
  was 
  that 
  Linnaeus 
  called 
  syrichta. 
  Much 
  stress 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  placed 
  upon 
  the 
  locality 
  "Luzon" 
  for 
  that 
  island 
  contained 
  

   the 
  port 
  from 
  which 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  commodities 
  shipped 
  to 
  Europe 
  came, 
  

   and 
  although 
  the 
  example 
  figured 
  by 
  Petiver 
  and 
  which 
  we 
  may 
  con- 
  

   fidently 
  believe 
  Linnaeus 
  never 
  saw, 
  has 
  "Luzon" 
  given 
  as 
  its 
  habitat, 
  

   it 
  may 
  only 
  have 
  been 
  shipped 
  from 
  that 
  island, 
  and 
  really 
  been 
  a 
  native 
  

   of 
  another 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Archipelago. 
  However 
  this 
  may 
  be, 
  it 
  is 
  

   quite 
  certain 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  nothing 
  either 
  in 
  Petiver's 
  figure, 
  or 
  in 
  

   Linnaeus' 
  description, 
  that 
  would 
  enable 
  any 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  remotest 
  degree 
  

   to 
  recognize 
  the 
  Macacus 
  philippinensis 
  E. 
  Geoff. 
  Therefore 
  as 
  

   Linnaeus' 
  description 
  is 
  utterly 
  useless 
  for 
  the 
  identification 
  of 
  any 
  

   species 
  of 
  Macaque, 
  and 
  Petiver's 
  figure 
  is 
  worse, 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  

   wise 
  to 
  endeavor 
  to 
  apply 
  Linnaeus' 
  proposed 
  name 
  and 
  thus 
  leave 
  

   the 
  question 
  always 
  in 
  doubt, 
  especially 
  when 
  the 
  types 
  of 
  philip- 
  

   pinensis 
  and 
  palpebrosus 
  E. 
  Geoff., 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum, 
  and 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  species 
  thus 
  named. 
  It 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  

   far 
  better 
  to 
  embrace 
  a 
  certainty, 
  than 
  to 
  adopt 
  a 
  doubt, 
  which 
  would 
  

   leave 
  the 
  question 
  always 
  a 
  subject 
  for 
  argument, 
  with 
  no 
  possibility 
  

   of 
  ever 
  arriving 
  at 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  decision. 
  Linnaeus' 
  syrichta 
  is 
  there- 
  

   fore 
  considered 
  as 
  undeterminable, 
  and 
  syrichta 
  Thomas, 
  (nee 
  

   Linnaeus), 
  is 
  made 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  E. 
  Geoff 
  roy's 
  species. 
  

  

  Pithecus 
  philippinensis 
  apoensis 
  (Mearns). 
  

  

  Cynomolgos 
  ( 
  !) 
  mindanensis 
  apoensis 
  Mearns, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  

  

  Mus., 
  XXVIII, 
  1905, 
  p. 
  429. 
  

   Type 
  locality. 
  Mount 
  Apo, 
  Island 
  of 
  Mindanao, 
  Philippine 
  

  

  