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ORAN OTAN. 
having no nails on the great toes. Whereas^ in 
the Pongo, or black species, they are conspicuous. 
In one specimen, however^ of the Jocko, M. Cam- 
per observed a very small nail on the great toe of 
one foot only; the other being without; but as the 
toe which had the nail differed from that of the 
opposite foot, in having an additional joint, M. 
Camper considered it as a lusus naturae. The 
figures given by Dr. Tyson and the Count de Buffon 
represent the black oran otan, or Pongo, though 
the Count de Buffon's figure is, by a mistake, en- 
titled Jocko. It was drawn from the young ani- 
mal in a living state ; but it is acknowledged in the 
supplemental volume, published by Mr. Cepede, 
that the artist has overcharged it in some particu- 
lars. Mr. Edwards's figure represents the Jocko or 
chesnut- coloured species, and is, in one point, er- 
roneous, viz. in representing the great toes fur- 
nished with nails ; which, as before observed, are 
wanting in this animal.'^ I must also add, that, in 
most of the copies of Mr. Edwards's work, the Oran 
Otan is coloured somewhat too light: the face, 
neck, and hands, in particular, which should have 
a slight wash of Indian ink, in order to produce 
the proper shade of brown; and a more dusky 
cast should also pervade the whole figure, as ap- 
pears clearly from the original drawing now pre- 
served in the British Museum. 
* This particular in our representation, from Edwards's original 
drawing in the British Museum, is properly corrected. 
