IN CAPTIVITY IN LOWER BENGAL. V 



of the rope-swing or the ladder, pull the tail or gently tap the head of 

 a combatant, and scamper off before the assailed had time to tarn and 

 seize his tormentor. Like human beings, the hoolocks have also indi- 

 vidual peculiarities. There was at one time an old female hoolock in 

 the garden, which had an inveterate hatred of the gentler sex of the 

 human race, and carried her dislike to a passion. She became fierce 

 and dangerous at the sight of a female visitor, dashing furiously 

 against the bars of the cage, so that special precautions had to be taken 

 to prevent her escaping and doing harm. On one occasion, however, 

 she managed to escape by eluding the vigilance of the keeper as he was 

 about to close the door. Having got loose she at once attacked an ayah 

 who happened to be passiug, inflicting a severe wound in the woman's 

 leg with her long canine teeth. A notice was immediately affixed to her 

 cage warning visitors not to approach too near. She used to throw out 

 her long arms and endeavour to drag female visitors towards her, and 

 oases were reported in which inattention on their part to the warning 

 notice cost them a handkerchief, a glove or a bonnet. It has been noticed 

 that the hoolocks from the Assam jungles bear captivity better than 

 those from Chittagong and Arracan. A hoolock has often been 

 observed to drink by scooping up water or milk in its hand. 



(3) THE WHITE-CHEEKED GIBBON. 

 (HYLOBATES LEUCOGENYS— Ogilby.) 



Description. — About the size of a hoolock. Colour entirely black, 

 with the exception of the surface below the ears, the cheeks, and a 

 small part immediately behind the chin, which are white. In some 

 specimens the white parts are scarcely visible. 



Hah,— Siam. 



(4) THE WHITE-HANDED GIBBON. 



(HYLOBATES LAB— {Linn.) ) 



Description. — The chief characteristics of this species are its whitish 

 hands and feet, white or grey whiskers and beard, and a narrow 

 band of the same colour above the eyes ; the rest of the body is black. 



Hab.— Arracan, Lower Pegu, Tenasserim and the Malayan 

 peninsula. 



(5) THE AGILE GIBBON. 



(HYLOBATES AGILIS— F. Owner.) 



Description. — The characteristic features of this monkey are that 

 the back part of its head, the flanks, the hips and the outer surface 

 of the limbs are pale yellow or yellowish grey. The chest, stomach, and 

 inside of the limbs and feet are dark brown. 



Hab. — Sumatra. 



