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Show 316 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [^Pr- ®» specimens from Larut, Perak. In the Museum at Kuala Lumpor there are two specimens from Selangor. I have never met with this monkey in a wild state, but it is very commonly to be seen in captivity in the Straits Settlements. The young are said to be intelligent. Three adult males I had alive were inclined to be savage; their strength compared to their size was extraordinary, and they were very destructive, requiring strongly built cages to keep them in. Distribution. Southern Burma, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Banka, Java, Borneo. In the Museum at Singapore is a nearly mature embryo, a cross between a male 3Iacacus nemestrinus and a female Cynopithecus niger, which paired in the Singapore Gardens (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1896, p. 5). 9. MACACUS CYNOMOLGUS (Schreb.). Macaque or Crab-eating Monkey. Cercopithecus cynomolgus, Cantor, p. 6. Macacus cynomolgus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., M a m m . p. 21 ; Ridley, M a m m . Malay Pen. p. 24. " Kra " of the English in the Straits Settlements and of the Malays. Siamese. "Ling." Localities. The Kra or Mangrove Monkey is par excellence " the common monkey " of the Malay Peninsula ; personally I have seen them wild in Penang (up to 2000 feet elevation), in Kedah and in Singapore (Sungei Pandang, Blaken Mati, Botanical Gardens, and Bukit Timah). In the Museum at Taiping are several specimens from the Larut and Kinta districts of Perak. Ridley (J. S. B. R. A. S. 1894, no. 25, p. 57) records it from Pahang, stating that it is " common along the coast and for some distance up the rivers." Kelsall (J. S. B. R. A. S. 1894, no. 26, p. 16) records it from Johore, in almost similar words : " common in the low lands near the coast and up the rivers for a considerable distance." In the Siamese Museum there is a stuffed specimen labelled " Siam." I have not unfrequently seen these monkeys on housetops and in trees in Bangkok, but believe they were all individuals escaped from captivity. In 1898 there was a white Kra, an extremely pretty monkey, living in the King's garden at Bangkok. Habits. W h e n travelling on the Malay rivers one generally sees the Kras in small parties of from 2 to 10 among the tree-branches at high tide, but at low water they take to the mud and hunt about for food. They usually take little notice of passing boats, and so can be easily observed. In captivity they become intelligent pets ; though the adult male Broh becomes fierce and dangerous, I have known a very large male Kra to be remarkably tame. They delight in water, and (at any rate in their native climate) should be allowed a bath at least once a day. Ridley (Mamm. Malay Pen. p. 26) says, " I have seen one leaping off the boughs of a tree into the water, climbing up and leaping off again and again." And I was told of one kept by some English |