102 FLOCKY LEMUR. 
is covered by a large black patch, running up 
into a point on the nose^ and covering part of the 
upper jaw. The length of the animal, from the 
tip of the nose to the beginning of the tail, is 
eleven inches and six lines: the tail is ten inches 
and ten lines, and is of an uniform thickness. 
The general colour of this animal is brown and 
ash-tawny in different shades; the hair being- 
brown with tawny tips. The under parts are of a 
dirty white tinged with tawny. The brown pre- 
dominates on the head^ the back, and upper parts 
of the limbs; and the ash-tawny prevails on the 
sides of the body and limbs : the tawny tinge is 
deepest round the ears. All the part of the back 
nearest the tail is tinged with tawny, which be- 
comes orange throughout the whole length of the 
tail. The hands and feet are covered with ash- 
tawny hairs ; but the fingers and nails are black. 
The thumb or great toe of the hind feet is large, 
and has a thin round nail; and the second toe is 
connected to it by a blackish membrane. 
