FEMALE.--Fawn-colour, washed with red, especially on the lower back. Face brighter coloured than in the male. Tail one-fourth the length of the body. Skull more massive, shorter, and markedly broader and with a more vertical muzzle than _M. rhesus_. DISTRIBUTION.--Province of Szechuen, W. China: Dupleix Mountains, 13,000 feet. (_Bonvalot._) HABITS.--Little is known of the habits of this Chinese representative of the Bengal Macaque. In the winter it is said to have a splendid coat of rich brown hair, very long and thick. It is very fierce and powerful. XII. THE TCHELI MACAQUE. MACACUS TCHELIENSIS. _Macacus tcheliensis_, Milne Edwards, Rech. Mamm., p. 227, pls. xxxii. and xxxiii. (1868-1874); A. David, Journ. North China Branch As. Soc., 1873, p. 230. _Macacus rhesus_ (nec Audeb.), Scl., P. Z. S., 1871, p. 222. {27}_Macacus erythræus_, Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 112 (1876). _Macacus lasiotis_, Anderson, Zool. Exped. Yun-nan, p. 83 (1878 pt.). CHARACTERS.--The _Macacus tcheliensis_ is another species with a very close affinity to _M. rhesus_, and to _M. lasiotis_. Dr. Anderson, indeed, has united the Tcheli and the Hairy-eared Macaques under one species; while Dr. Sclater is not prepared to consider either of them, or _M. cyclopis_ in addition, to be distinct from _M. rhesus_. _M. tcheliensis_ has the tail as long only as the hind foot, and densely clothed with long hair. Fur rather long, soft, and silky, and thicker than in the normal _M. rhesus_. General colour brilliant reddish-fawn, especially on the hinder part of the back and on the tail; sides of the cheeks and shoulders greyish, the yellow rings of the hair being absent; under surface of the body and inner side of the limbs grey; hands and feet greyish-fawn. The skulls of _M. lasiotis_ and _M. tcheliensis_ are scarcely distinguishable from each other. DISTRIBUTION.--North China. Dr. Bushell, of H.M. Legation in Pekin, who was the first to send this rare Monkey to Europe, writes, in a letter dated 17th January, 1880: "It was obtained by me from the mountains near Yung-ling or Eastern Mausoleum, of the reigning Manchu dynasty, situated about 70 li from Pekin, in latitude 40° N. It is covered with a thick fur fitted to endure the bitterly cold winter of this part of North China, where the thermometer frequently goes down to 10° below zero." HABITS.--Nothing has yet been recorded of the habits of this Macaque in a state of nature. {28}XIII. ST. JOHN'S MACAQUE. MACACUS SANCTI-JOHANNIS. (_Plate XXVI._) _Inuus sancti-johannis_, Swinhoe, P. Z. S., 1866, p. 556. _Macacus sancti-johannis_, Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Brit. Mus. App., p. 129 (1870; in part); Sclater, P. Z. S., 1871, p. 222; Anderson, Zool. Exped. Yun-nan, p. 86 (1878). _Macacus rhesus_, pt. Sclater, P. Z. S., 1871, p. 222. _Macacus erythræus_, pt. Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 112 (1876). CHARACTERS.--Male unknown.