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LEMURS. 
preceding species, becomes grizzled towards its extremity, and at last almost 
white. The general colour of the upper parts of the body is a dark ashy grey, 
most of the hairs terminating in a tawny tip, which is so strongly marked on the 
back as to give a decided tinge. The tail is light grey at the base, and darker 
towards the tip; the outside of the limbs is of a light ashy grey; the chin, chest, 
and throat are pure white; and the under-parts, together with the inner side of 
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THE BLACK LEMUR (£ nat. size). 
the hind-limbs, pale rufous. The hands, which are blackish, have the same tendency 
to become grizzled as the fore part of the muzzle.” 
In captivity this and the preceding species are described as being perfectly 
tame and good-natured, without any tendency to the petulant and mischievous 
habits of the smaller monkeys. In a wild state the habits of these allied species 
are doubtless similar. 
Black Lemur (Lemur macaco). 
With the black lemur, which is represented in the accompanying figure, we 
come to the first of a group of three very well-marked species, differing considerably 
