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lol)CS ; the coccum thick, short, [except in Semnopitheeus, and perhaps Cohbun'], and without any 

 appendage : the hyoid hone has the form of a shield. 



The Monkeys* (Cercopithecus, Erxl. in part), [Guenoris of the French], — 



Have a moderately prominent muzzle (of sixty degrees); cheek poaches ; tail ; callosities on the but- 

 tocks ; the last of the inferior molars with four tubercles like the rest. Very numerous species of them, 

 of various size and colouring, abound in Africa, living in troops, which do much damage to the gardens 

 and cultivated fields. They arc easilj tamed, [and are lively and active animals. Their hair, unlike 

 that of the preceding groups, is of two kinds, the outer commonly annulated above with two colours, 

 producing a grizzled appearance, which in several imparts a tinge of green. 



More than twenty species have been ascertained, and doubtless many others remain to be discovered. Tin y 

 vary in the proportional length of the lingers. The larger of them acquire, with their growth, a more projectit g 

 muzzle, and are the Cercoccbi of some naturalists (a term now falling into disuse): these, in a few instances, 

 manifest an additional relationship to the [Jaboons, in exhibiting bright colours on the genitals ; as exemplified 

 by the Malbmuek Monkey (C. e}/notimu), in which the scrotum is vivid ultramarine, and the Vervet (C. pygery- 

 thrus), which has the same part green. Many are prettily variegated, as the Diana Monkey (C. Diana), which 

 has a crescent-shaped white mark on the forehead, and a slender, pointed, white beard; the Mona Monkey 

 (C. mona), &c. One only is of a red colour, the Patas (C. rubra). A few of the more recently discovered of them 

 may be briefly indicated. 



Campbell's Monkey (C. CampbellH, YYaterhouse.)— Hair long, and parted on the back, of a grizzled black and 

 yellow colour, nearly uniform blackish grey on the hind parts ; beneath, dingy white ; a black line encircling the 

 fore part and sides of the crown of the head. From Sierra Leone. 



The Bearded Monkey (C. pogonias, Hen.)— Hair very long; greyish, i.e., grizzled black and yellowish white; a 

 spot on each side of the head, another on the crown, and tip of the tail, black ; cheeks furnished with an 

 immense tuft of pale hair. 



Red-eared Monkey (C. erythrotit, Waterh.)— Grey ; the tail red, with a dark line along its upper surface; 

 ears with very long red hairs internally ; throat white ; under parts of the body grej ish. From Fernando Po. 



Next follows a group of smaller species, of mild and confiding disposition ; consisting of the Talapoin M. 

 (C. talapoin, Geof., Sim. melarrhina, F. Cuv.), the Moustache M. [8. eephut, Lin.), the Vaulting M. (8. petauruta, 

 Gm.), the Hocheur (8. nictitant, Gm.), &c. A new Monkey appertaining to it is the 



C. Martini, Waterh.— Of a dark grey, ths hairs annulated with yellowish white; lower portions of limbs, crown 

 of the head, and tail, blackish; hairs near the root of the tail beneath, brown. Inhabits Fernando Po. Several 

 of these smaller kinds are very common in Guinea. Allied to them are the larger green Monkeys ; and the series 

 terminates with the Mangabeys, or dusky-coloured white-eyelid Monkeys (C. eethiopt, and C. fuliginosus), which 

 display some peculiarities of gait and gesture, and have the most prominent muzzles of any. 



The following occurs as a note in the original work. " Pennant has described certain Giimou*"— 

 Doucs rather — " without thumbs f, Sim. polycomos and S. ferruginea, of which Illigcr has formed bis 

 genus Colours, but I have not been able to see them, and for this reason have not introduced them. 

 M. Temminck assures us that the head and teeth resemble those of a Semnopithecm." This group is 

 now well established, and several species have been added to it ; all of them, however, peculiar to 

 Africa, as the members of the last-named genus are to Asia: they differ chiefly from the Doucs 

 in possessing cheek-pouches, having the limbs similarly elongated, and only one sort of hair, as in the 

 Apes. A small rudiment of a thumb exists in some of them. 



Nine clearly distinct species have been ascertained; and there are probably many others. They resohre 

 into two minor groups ; the species composing the first are rath t large animals, of ■ black ground-colour, with 

 very long hair ; those of the second division are smaller, with shorter hair, and rufous ground-colour. Their 

 markings readilj distinguish them. 



The Black Colobin (C. tatanas, Waterh.)— Quite black, with very long shaggy hair, obviously designed to pro- 

 tect it from the scorching rays of a vertical sun. This animal is common in Fernando Po, and when captured 

 refuse- tO take siisten.iuee, pining and moaning constantly and very piteOUSly. 



Ursine Colobin (C urtintu, < Igilby.)— Black, with grey head and white tail. From Sierra Leone. 

 White-thighed Colobin 7 (C? leucomerot, Ogilby.) — Established on some imperfect skins. The thighs white ; 



he, el. legs, and tail undetermined. From the Gambia. 



Sim. polycomot, Pennant ; termed i.\ him the " Full-bottomed Monkey."— Has ■ long yellowish-white sort of 



mane, c pared to a full bottomed wig, and a white tail. Brought from Sierra Leone. 



C. guertsa, Ruppel. The throat and around the bee white; and long flowing white hair on the shoulders 



and along each Bide Of the hodv , as if a garment were throw n over it j end of the tail all I white, ,ind largely tufted. 

 From \l>\ ssinia. 

 C. ru/oniger, Ogilby.- Black above, deep red beneath; locality unknown. 



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