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known of its habits, but it is said to occur in Sumatra, 
Java, and the Molucca Islands. 
In some of the other large wall-cages there are a few 
of the Semnotes, the group of monkeys most nearly 
allied to the Anthropoids ; although it will be observed 
that they differ markedly from these animals in external 
appearance, all having long tails besides other distinguish¬ 
ing characters. The most notable of them is shown in 
this house, viz. the Long-nosed or Proboscis Monkey, Sent- 
nopithecus larvatus , differing in its greatly devoloped nose 
from all other monkeys. This animal is peculiar to the 
island of Borneo where it is known as the Kakaw because 
its loud deep-toned call resembles the sound of this word. 
Its voice is intensified by the presence of a great sa c 
connected with the wind-pipe, producing a goitre-like 
swelling of the neck in the adult male animal. Its food 
consists almost entirely of leaves. 
In the same compartment there is usually an example 
of a reddish monkey known as Scmnopithecus pyrrhus , and 
highly prized in Java on account of its colour. It is not 
quite certain whether or not this is a distinct species, 
as it has been supposed by some to be only a variety of 
the common Black or Negro Monkey of Java, N. maurus. 
Another wall-cage contains two or more specimens of 
a monkey from Arakan, named after Sir Arthur Phayre, 
and known as N. phayrei. The most striking feature of 
this species is its ghastly face produced by a broad white 
ring round its eyes and by its white lips ; the rest of the 
face being purplish-black and the fur dark brown. This 
species extends southwards to the Malayan Peninsula, 
and is extremely common in the dense forests about 
Mergui. The young, as in the majority of the Semnotes., 
