. The living world : containing descriptions of the several races of men, and all species of animals, birds, fishes, insects, etc., etc. : with numerous anecdotes, illustrative of their instincts, reasoning powers and domestic habits . J I ^\X. The A. Iiv. Iti iSlON. .SAMU>:i, WALKKR ^- IO. OKDER II. QrAl)]JU:\IANA. 17 Tlio Onko Gibbon (Ilijlohalcfi Itafflesli). Color, black; the face stir-roundtHl with white hairs. The Lar Gibbon (//. Lar.). Black; feet and hands white; a circle ofwhite surrounding the face. The liooloch Gibbon (//. IlnoIovJi). Black; the forehea
. The living world : containing descriptions of the several races of men, and all species of animals, birds, fishes, insects, etc., etc. : with numerous anecdotes, illustrative of their instincts, reasoning powers and domestic habits . J I ^\X. The A. Iiv. Iti iSlON. .SAMU>:i, WALKKR ^- IO. OKDER II. QrAl)]JU:\IANA. 17 Tlio Onko Gibbon (Ilijlohalcfi Itafflesli). Color, black; the face stir-roundtHl with white hairs. The Lar Gibbon (//. Lar.). Black; feet and hands white; a circle ofwhite surrounding the face. The liooloch Gibbon (//. IlnoIovJi). Black; the forehead crossed \\itha white mark. The Coromandel Gibbon (//. Cliorotnaiidus). Dirty pale brown; hairand whiskers black. Tlie AAoii-wou, or Nimble Gibbon (iSimin af/ilis). Brown, with a yel-lowish circle round the face and lower part of the back. It is the mostacti\-e of all the gibbons. It utters a cry resenililing ?co«-iro(f ,• hence itsname. A specimen of this species, seen in the Zoiilogical Ciardens, London,is thus described by a writer in the Penny Magazine : — This spcciuicn was a female, and had been four years in captivifv atMacao previous to her arrival in this country (England). On entering tlioapartment in which she was to be
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