. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. 24 THE APES AND MONKEYS. of a Turkey. He made cries denoting joy as well as anger. The female Ungko in London sometimes cried in a peculiarly harmonious manner. She began with Et ascending and descending a full octave in chromatics. In ascending the notes became slower and slower ; in descending they followed in quick succession, the finale being a piercing yell. The regularity, assurance and rapidity of this perform- ance invariably excited the enthusiastic
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. 24 THE APES AND MONKEYS. of a Turkey. He made cries denoting joy as well as anger. The female Ungko in London sometimes cried in a peculiarly harmonious manner. She began with Et ascending and descending a full octave in chromatics. In ascending the notes became slower and slower ; in descending they followed in quick succession, the finale being a piercing yell. The regularity, assurance and rapidity of this perform- ance invariably excited the enthusiastic admiration of the audience. Opinions of ob- servers as to the intellectual quali- ties of the Long- armed Apes are divided. Duvau- cel calls the Siamang slow, stupid, awkward, lazy, cowardly and uninteresting, indifferent toward his keepers, and incapable of af- fection as well as revenge. Forbes, on the contra.)', i\ praises his tame- \l ness and familiar- ity: "The pretty, caressing way he had of encircling my neck with his long arms and leaning his head on my breast, emitting a satis- fied little grunt, was very prepos- ; Ben- nett also judges him in a more favorable light. URSINE COLOBUS AND BLACK COLOBUS. — monkeys are found in the deep woods c. & . of Africa. The Bear-like appearance gave to the Ursine Colohus its name. The cheek bones and biamang nearly chin art- covered with long, while hair which stands outward or downward as shown in the picture, as far as Europe It is very timid and flees at the approach of Man. Tin- Colohus. like the Ursine, has stunted an(J says that in thumbs and the fur is thick, long and black, (See chapter on " Dog-shaped Monkeys.'!) short time he it to allay his thirst. His home is in the air, where he enjoys peace and security, easily escapes every enemy and, of a verity, lives and luxuriates in the enjoyment of motion. The Natural Study of these animals in the wild state Traits is extremely difficul
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