Field notes, v1408
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Koford 2 Macaca mulatta fascicularis 7 August 1965 Nr. Dehra Dun, U.P., India When several run, as in alarm, stay on ground, & sound on leaves like start of heavy rain shower. Few call; one imm. on ground gave locator grunt; & sev'd nearby did same then. // Compared to Cays Bartoj's, quiet, witnessed, repeated from neighbors. // We visited group 30+ in grounds of Forest Institute. At least 8 infants; no old f w/o inf, but one about 4 yrs. w/o. | all alert & molting, no crown only; some with long gray hair only lateral thorax. 3 ad. 0707 seen; one w. tail prominently up, not longer for protrusive & tail co. curled to one side; apparently #1. One nr. hole in R. cheek pouch obviously much lower in rank. About 1/4 mile from other a single ad., prob. 07. | Leidlbrugmay make some social behaviour studies on this group. Rep skin very red on 1 old f, mod. red on sev'd; male mod.red. Male #2 sat close over ad. & in tree; only consats? Then at edge large block of pines with 10-15' under story, thick; probably largely dependent on feeding by people. 8 August 1965. In 3 hours in forest area detailed more, those saw group of langurs. Population density apparently low. Large dung beetle roll away dung balls soon after monkeys pass. Some eating fresh new distal part of shrub; so some monsoon affect on nutrition.