10 ORAN OTAX. 



having no nails on the great toes. Whereas, in 

 the Pongo, or black species, they are conspicuous. 

 In one specimen, however, of the Jocko, M. Cam- 

 per observed a very small nail on the great toe of 

 one foot only ; the other being without ; but as the 

 toe which had the nail differed from that of the 

 opposite foot, in having an additional joint, M. 

 Camper considered it as a lusus naturae. The 

 figures given by Dr. Tyson and the Count de Buffon 

 represent the black oran otan, or Pongo, though 

 the Count de BufTon's figure is, by a mistake, en- 

 titled Jocko. It was drawn from the young ani- 

 mal in a living state ; but it is acknowledged in the 

 supplemental volume, published by Mr. Cepede, 

 that the artist has overcharged it in some particu- 

 lars. Mr. Edwards's figure represents the Jocko or 

 chesnut-coloured species, and is, in one point, er- 

 roneous, viz. in representing the great toes fur^ 

 nished with nails ; which, as before observed, are 

 wanting in this animal.* I must also add, that, in 

 most of the copies of Mr. Edwards's work, the Oran 

 Otan is coloured somewhat too light: the face, 

 neck, and hands, in particular, which should have 

 a slight wash of Indian ink, in order to produce 

 the proper shade of brown ; and a more dusky 

 cast should also pervade the whole figure, as ap- 

 pears clearly from the original drawing now pre- 

 served in the British Museum. 



* This particular in our representation, from Edwards's original 

 drawing in the British Museum, is properly corrected. 



