Chap. L] 
MONKEYS. 
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to itself a different district of the wooded country, and 
seldom encroaches on the domain of its neighbours. 
1. Of the four species found in Ceylon, the most 
numerous in the island, and the one best known in 
Europe, is . the Wanderoo of the low country, the P. 
cephalopterus of Zimmerman. 1 Although common in 
the southern and western provinces, it is never found 
at a higher elevation than 1300 feet. It is an active 
and intelligent creature, little larger than the common 
bonneted Macaque, and far from being so mischievous 
as others of the monkeys in the island. In captivity it 
is remarkable for the gravity of its demeanour and for 
an air of melancholy in its expression and movements 
which are completely in character with its snowy beard 
and venerable aspect. In disposition it is gentle and 
confiding, sensible in the highest degree of kindness, 
and eager for endearing attention, uttering a low plain- 
tive cry when its sympathies are excited. It is particu- 
larly cleanly in its habits when domesticated, and spends 
much of its time in trimming its fur, and carefully 
divesting its hair of particles of dust. 
Those which I kept at my house near Colombo were 
chiefly fed upon plantains and bananas, but for no- 
thing did they evince a greater partiality than the 
rose-coloured flowers of the red hibiscus (H. rosa- 
in the island except as an intro- was believed to truly represent the 
duced species in the custody of the wanderoo of Knox. The later dis- 
Arab horse-dealers, who visit the covery, however, of the P. ursinus 
port of Colombo at stated periods, by Dr. Kelaart, in the mountains 
Mr. Waterhouse, at the meeting amongst which we are assured that 
(Proc. Zool, Soc. p. 1 : 1844) at Knox spent so many years of cap- 
which this communication was tivity, reopens the question, but 
read, recognised the identity of the at the same time appears to me 
subject of Dr. Templeton's descrip- clearly to demonstrate that in this 
tion with that already laid before latter we have in reality the animal 
them by Mr. Bennett ; and from to which his narrative refers, 
this period the species in question 1 Leucoprymnus Nestor, Bennett, 
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