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MAMMALIA. 
[Chap. I. 
of the sounds how how ! may be frequently heard in the 
mountain jungles, and forms one of the characteristic 
noises of these lofty situations. It was first captured 
by Dr. Kelaart in the woods near Nuera-ellia, and from 
its peculiar appearance it has been named P. ursinus 
by Mr. Blyth. 1 
3. The P. Thersites, which is chiefly distinguished 
from the others by wanting the head tuft, is so rare that 
it was for some time doubtful whether the single 
specimen procured by Dr. Templeton from the JSTuera- 
kalawa, west of Trincomalie, and on which Mr. Blyth 
conferred this new name,. was in reality native ; but the 
occurrence of a second, since identified by Dr. Kelaart, 
has established its existence as a separate species. Like 
the common wanderoo, the one obtained by Dr. Temple- 
ton was partial to fresh vegetables, plantains, and fruit ; 
but he ate freely boiled rice, beans, and gram. He was 
fond of being noticed and petted, stretching out his 
limbs in succession to be scratched, drawing himself up 
so that his ribs might be reached by the finger, closing 
his eyes during the operation, and evincing his satis- 
faction by grimaces irresistibly ludicrous. 
4. The P. Priamus inhabits the northern and eastern 
provinces, and the wooded hills which occur in these 
portions of the island. In appearance it differs both in 
size and in colour from the common wanderoo, being 
larger and more inclined to grey ; and in habits it is 
much less reserved. At Jaffna, and in other parts of 
the island where the population is comparatively nu- 
1 Mr. Blyth quotes as authority — " A species of very large monkey, 
for this trivial name a passage that passed some distance before 
from Major Forbes' Eleven Years me, when resting on all fours, looked 
in Ceylon ; and I can vouch for so like a Ceylon bear, that I nearly 
the graphic accuracy of the remark, took him for one." 
