102 FLOCKY LEMUR. 



is covered by a large black patch, running up 

 into a point on the nose,, and covering part of the 

 upper jaw. The length of the animal, from the 

 tip of the nose to the beginning of the tail, is 

 eleven inches and six lines : the tail is ten inches 

 and ten lines, and is of an uniform thickness. 

 The general colour of this animal is brown and 

 ash-tawny in different shades; the hair being- 

 brown with tawny tips. The under parts are of a 

 dirty white tinged with tawny. The brown pre- 

 dominates on the head, the back, and upper parts 

 of the limbs; and the ash-tawny prevails on the 

 sides of the body and limbs : the tawny tinge is 

 deepest round the ears. All the part of the back 

 nearest the tail is tinged with tawny, which be- 

 comes orange throughout the whole length of the 

 tail. The hands and feet are covered with ash- 

 tawny hairs; but the fingers and nails are black. 

 The thumb or great toe of the hind feet is large, 

 and has a thin round nail ; and the second toe is 

 connected to it by a blackish membrane. 



