Field notes, v1409
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C. Koford 20 Journal 25 February 1962 Dharwar (Myso) India macaquer present along roadsides, but not intensively studied as yet. | We drove to oldest study area, a mixed deciduous forest about 40' tall. A legume & a few other trees had some leaves. Little under-story or cattle grazed there, & people burned the leaves & cover to improve grazing (go down). Crops planted nearby (grain). Bamboo thickets in some sites. | We saw groups 1, 10δ-7, 11?4, 1 inf., 4+min. Some ? 9 pregnant. The langurs spent much time on the ground at this season. They fed much on the new grain buds & leaves. No animal matter taken. (Y. said they sometimes ate red clay). They also went easily from tree to tree through crowns. Y. said only or or fight (or threaten) when two groups came together. When disturbance (by man or dog) at long range, or gives low whoop whoop call, like gibbon like. But when disturbance closer, no whoops, but threaten by grinding teeth. Compared to macaques, Y. said, much less aggressive among themselves. Nearly all groomed nearly all others. Mothers allowed others to take her infant even on day of birth. In alarm often left infant behind. Do not take preferred food readily, so perhaps difficult to trap with bait. The infant black furred; later head gray & then body. Most groups have only one male, tho some as many as 7 (mostly young males). Also whole groups of mixed ages found, many quite young, famed; sometimes 25-30. They had plotted home ranges of groups. Home range change with season, apparently because of change in food supply. Often many remain in one large tree for several