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MAMMALIA. 



[Chap. L 



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. Ther sites, 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 Nuera- 

 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 nil- 



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." 



