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PLATE XXVI.
ST. JOHN'S MACAQUE
LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY.
Edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D., F.L.S., &c.
A HAND-BOOK
TO THE
PRIMATES.
BY
HENRY O. FORBES, LL.D., F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., ETC.,
DIRECTOR OF MUSEUMS TO THE CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL,
Author of "A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago,"
etc., etc., etc.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
EDWARD LLOYD, LIMITED,
12, SALISBURY SQUARE, FLEET STREET.
1897.
PREFACE.
The prefatory remarks in the preceding volume explain the purport of the "Hand-book" of the Primates, which has been undertaken by Dr. Forbes. I hope that the portion of the work devoted to the geographical distribution of these animals will be found to be of some interest; but, as explained by the author, the meagreness of the material in Museums renders the definition of the exact habitats of Monkeys extremely difficult.
R. BOWDLER SHARPE.
INTRODUCTION.
I have little to add to the remarks given in the first volume of this "Hand-book." I may refer, however, to the interest which attaches to the study of the extinct forms of life, in relation to those which exist at the present day. Although I have endeavoured, to the best of my ability, to present to the student as complete a review of the species of Monkeys known to us at the present time, I am well aware that there is an enormous amount of work to be done before our knowledge of the Primates can be said to be complete. There is a natural repugnance to collecting specimens of Monkeys on the part of sportsmen. To shoot one feels like killing a sort of relation, and even our best collectors, who thoroughly understood the necessity of obtaining specimens in the interests of science, speak with a feeling of pain of the human-like distress which a wounded Monkey exhibits; and it is, therefore, difficult to induce travellers to shoot animals which offer so much of a "counterfeit presentment" to human beings.
The loose way in which the older naturalists expressed themselves in regard to geographical distribution, has also rendered a correct appreciation of the ranges of some of the Primates exceedingly difficult. Thus "Brazil" may mean any portion of the South American continent from the Argentine Republic to the Amazons, and "Mexique" has done duty in many Museums for any locality between Mexico and Panama. Much, therefore, remains to be done to define the exact areas which the different species of Primates inhabit.
HENRY O. FORBES.
SYSTEMATIC INDEX.
PAGE ORDER PRIMATES (continued), 1 SUB ORDER II.—ANTHROPOIDEA (continued), 1 FAMILY CERCOPITHECIDÆ (continued), 1 SUB-FAMILY CERCOPITHECINÆ (continued), 1 IV. Macacus, Lacép., 1, 213 01. inuus (L.), 4, 213 02. arctoides, Is. Geoffr., 8 03. rufescens, Anders., 11 04. maurus, F. Cuv., 11 05. fuscatus, Blyth, 13 06. leoninus, Blyth, 14 07. nemestrinus (L.), 16 08. silenus (L.), 18 09. assamensis, McClell.,VI. Cercopithecus, Erxl.
41 Group I.—Cercopitheci rhinosticti 44 01. petaurista (Schreb.) 44 02. signatus, Jentink 45 03. erythrogaster, Gray 46 04. buettikoferi, Jentink 47 05. martini, Waterh. 47 06. ludio, Gray 48 07. melanogenys, Gray 49 08. stampflii, Jentink 50 09. schmidti, Matschie 50 10. nictitans (L.) 51 11. erythrotis, Waterh. 52 12. cephus (L.) 53 Group II.—Cercopitheci chloronoti 54 13. cynosurus (Scop.) 55 14. sabæus (L.) 56 15. werneri, Geoffr. 58 16. callitrichus, Is. Geoffr.Group V.—Cercopitheci auriculati
76 33. grayi, Fraser 77 34. pogonias, Bennett 78 35. nigripes, Du Chaillu 78 36. wolfi, Meyer 79 Group VI.—Cercopitheci barbati 79 37. diana (L.) 79 38. palatinus, Wagn. 81 39. brazzæ, Milne-Edw. 81 Group VII.—Cercopitheci trituberculati 82 40. talapoin, Erxl. 82 SUB-FAMILY SEMNOPITHECINÆ 83 I. Colobus, Illig. 85, 214 01. verus, Van Bened. 87 02. rufomitratus, Peters 88 03. kirki, Gray 89 04. ferrugineus (Shaw)13. cruciger, Thomas
121 14. ursinus (Blyth) 122 15. obscurus, Reid 123 16. holotephreus, Anders. 124 17. germaini, Milne-Edw. 124 18. maurus (Schreb.) 125 19. femoralis, Horsf. 126 20. rubicundus, S. Müll. 128 21. natunæ, Thomas and Hartert 129 22. phayrii (Blyth) 131 23. rutledgii, Anderson 133 24. frontatus, S. Müll. 133 25. nemæus (L.) 134 26. nigripes, Milne-Edw. 135 27. melanolophus (Raffl.)FAMILY HOMINIDÆ
203, 218 I. Homo, L. 203 01. sapiens, L. 203 α. Ethiopian Race 207 β. Mongolian Race 207 γ. Caucasian Race 208 EXTINCT ANTHROPOIDEA 209 FAMILY HAPALIDÆII. Oreopithecus, Gerv.
212 01. bambolii, Gerv. 212 III. Macacus, Lacép. 1, 213 01. sivalensis, Lydekker 213 02. priscus 213 03. inuus, Gervais 4, 213 04. florentinus, Cocchi 213LIST OF PLATES.
XXVI. —St. John's Macaque Macacus sancti-johannis. XXVII. —White-crowned Mangabey Cercocebus æthiops. XXVIII. —Green Guenon Cercopithecus