J. MURIE, M.D., LL.D., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c., AND PROFESSOR P. MARTIN DUNCAN. CHIROPTERA. W. S. DALLAS, F.L.S. INSECTIVORA. W. S. DALLAS, F.L.S. CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION xiii CLASS MAMMALIA. ORDER I.--QUADRUMANA.--THE APES AND MONKEYS. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION--THE MAN-SHAPED APES--THE GORILLA. The World of Monkeys, and its Division into great Groups--Distinction between the Old World and New World Monkeys--Classification of Monkeys--THE GORILLA, Ancient and Modern Stories about it--Investigations of Savage and Du Chaillu--General Description--The Head, Brain, Teeth, Taste, Smell, and Voice--The Air Sacs, and Ear--The Limbs and Muscles--Method of Climbing--Diet--Hunting the Gorilla--Attempts to Capture Alive--A Tame Gorilla 1 CHAPTER II. THE MAN-SHAPED APES (_continued_)--THE NSCHIEGO MBOUVÉ--THE KOOLO-KAMBA--THE SOKO--THE CHIMPANZEE. THE NSCHIEGO MBOUVÉ--Its Nests and Habits--A Specimen Shot--Differences between it and the Gorilla--Structural Peculiarities--THE KOOLO-KAMBA--Meaning of the Name--Discovered by Du Chaillu--Its Outward Appearance and Anatomy--THE SOKO--Discovered by Livingstone--Hunting the Soko--THE CHIMPANZEE--In Captivity--On board Ship--A Young Chimpanzee--The Brain and Nerves--Anatomical Peculiarities--General Remarks upon the Group 39 CHAPTER III. THE MAN-SHAPED APES (_continued_)--GENUS _Simia_--THE ORANG-UTAN. Origin of the Name--Description of the Orang--Rajah Brooke’s First Specimen--Mr. Wallace’s Experiences in Mias Hunting--The Home of the Mias--A Mias at Bay--Their Nests, Habits, Food, and Localities--Different kinds of Orangs--Structural Points--The Intelligence and Habits of the Young--The Brain and its Case--Resemblances and Differences of Old and Young 59 CHAPTER IV. THE MAN-SHAPED APES (_concluded_)--THE GIBBONS--THE SIAMANGS--THE TRUE GIBBONS. General Characteristics of the Species--THE SIAMANG--Its Habits and Anatomy--Distinctness from the Orangs and Gibbons--Special Peculiarities--THE WHITE-HANDED GIBBON--Where Found--Its Cry--Its Habits--Special Anatomical Features--THE HOOLOOK--Where Found--A Young One in Captivity--Shape of the Skull--THE WOOYEN APE--Its Appearance and Habits--THE WOW-WOW--Very little known about it--THE AGILE GIBBON--Reason of the Name--Peculiarities of the Anatomy--General Comparison of the Different Varieties of the Great Apes 73