32 A HAND-BOOK OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS 



This species is readily distinguished from the preceding by the colour 

 of its lips (which are brownish black), and hence popularly designated as 

 "Mishi Bandar"* amongst the native keepers. 

 Hab. — Ceylon. 



Length of life in captivity. 



Both the Bonnet and Toque monkeys have lived for about eight 

 years in the garden. 



Treatment in health. 



Housing. — The Bonnet and Toque monkeys have been successfully 

 kept with the Rhesus and Macaque monkeys, which they resemble in 

 habits and movements, so that the remarks made with regard to the 

 housing , feeding and transport of the latter apply to the former also. 



Breeding. — The Bonnet monkey has bred in the garden, but the 

 young ones did not survive long. The want of success in this respect 

 was attributed at the time to the smallness of their habitation. 



Treatment in sickness. 



From the similarity of the habits and food of these and the Rhesus 

 and Macaque monkeys, it may be inferred that they are subject to the 

 same diseases also. There is no record of their ever having suffered 

 from any special ailments. 



Observations on the habits of the Bonnet and Toque Monkeys. 



In habits they are similar to the Rhesus and Macaque monkeys, 

 though less quarrelsome and aggressive. The males of both these 

 monkeys were found to be savage. They easily learn to perform tricks. 

 One of the Bonnet monkeys was extremely attached to its keeper, who 

 taught the animal to beg for food with folded hands. 



(36) THE SACRED ABYSSINIAN BABOON. 

 (CYNOCEPHALUS HAMADEYAS— (Linn.) ) 



It is also. called " Dog- faced monkey," "Arabian baboon," and 

 " Hamadryad monkey." 



Description.— A full-grown adult male is about 3 feet high when 

 standing erect. The face is long and naked, bearing a resemblance 

 to that of a dog, the snout projecting. The hair of the head, neck 

 and shoulders is long and abundant, and that of the lower part of 

 the body, from the loins downward, is short. The long hair of the 

 head, shoulders and the upper part of the body, forming, as it were, 

 a short cloak, gives a characteristic appearance to the animal. The 



* Miski-poifder is a composition containing a large proportion of tannin, and used as tooth- 

 powder, specially by a portion of Indian women. It stains the lips black with a ferruginous 

 or rusty tinge. 



