. The popular natural history . Zoology. ENTELLUS.—[Presiyies Entellus.) lo TEE HOONUMAN AND PROBOSCIS MONKEY. together with that of a narrow band,running over the eyes and temples is bltck. From this conspicuous pecuharity, the Simpai is also callea the Black-crested Monkey. The name Fresbytes sig- nifies an old man, and is given to these monkeys on account of the wizened, old- fashioned aspect of their countenances. The term "melalophos" is literally "black-crested," and there- fore a very appropriate name for this species. The length of this animal, measured from the nos
. The popular natural history . Zoology. ENTELLUS.—[Presiyies Entellus.) lo TEE HOONUMAN AND PROBOSCIS MONKEY. together with that of a narrow band,running over the eyes and temples is bltck. From this conspicuous pecuharity, the Simpai is also callea the Black-crested Monkey. The name Fresbytes sig- nifies an old man, and is given to these monkeys on account of the wizened, old- fashioned aspect of their countenances. The term "melalophos" is literally "black-crested," and there- fore a very appropriate name for this species. The length of this animal, measured from the nose to the root of the tail, is about twenty inches, and that of the tail itself is not very far from three feet. Its fur is very soft and glossy. A well-known example of this group of monkeys is the HoONUMAN or Entel- lus. This is a consider- ably larger animal than the Simpai, as the adult Hoonuman measures three or four feet from the nose to the root of the tail, and the tail itself rather exceeds the body in length. The colour of this monkey when young, is a grey- ish brown, excepting a dark brown hne along the back and over the loins. As the animal increases in yeairs, the fur darkens in colour, chiefly by means of black hairs th'at are inserted at intervals. The face, hands, and f-et are black. It is a native of India, and, fortu- nately for itself, the mythological reli- gion is so closely connected with it that it lives in perfect security. Monkeys are never short-sighted in spying out an ad- vantage, and the Entellus monkeys are no exception to the rule. Feeling them- selves masters of the situation, and knowing full well that they will not be punished for any delinquency, they take up their position in a village with as much complacency as if they had built it themselves. They parade the streets, they mix on equal terms with the inha- bitants, they clamber over the houses, they frequent the shops, especially those of the pastrycooks and fruit-sellers, keep- ing their
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