OTHER LANGURS. The foregoing species form a group agreeing in the fact that the hair upon the forehead radiates forward from a central point. The negro monkey or `budeng' (Semnapitheeus Maurus) is a well-known type of a group char acterized by the fact that the projecting hairs of the forehead radiate from two points. When adult, this monkey, which is common in Java, Sumatra, and the Malay Peninsula. is fully black, but its young are of a light sandy hue. A closely related species is rust-red all its life. The Malay name for all this kind of monkeys is 'lutong.' of which various other species are known, including a 'crested' one of curiously vari able coloring. Another large group of langurs is characterized by the fact that the hair of the crown is directed backward with no sign of part ing, instead of radiating from one or more points on the forehead. A common example is the Nilgiri langur (Scmnopithecus 10610 of the forested hills of Southern India, which is be coming rare because constantly hunted by the natives for the sale of its beautiful skin, and also for food. The purple-faced monkey of Ceylon is
an allied species—a small, active, intelligent creature, a great favorite in captivity for its gentleness and cleanly ways. Several other spe cies of India, Assam, and the Malay Peninsula are called 'leaf-monkeys' by the English colo nists; and along the coast of Cochin-China is to be found the brightly colored out-of-the-way `done' (Semnopithecus nenuens), which is very little known.
Consult : Jerdon. Mammals of India (London, 1874) Blanford, Fauna of British India: Mam mals ( London, 1888-91) : Tennent, Ceylon. (Lon don, 1859) ; Forbes, Monkeys. in Allen's "Nat uralists' Series"(London, 1894) ; Lydekker, Royal Nat oral History, vol. i. (London, 1895).