MIOPITHECU S 3 



very banks of streams. At villages situated near rivers, I have been 

 told that these little monkeys steal com from the gardens. They are 

 quicker in their movements even than the others. Their call is very 

 different being a little explosive 'K-sss!' that sounds like a splash of a 

 stick thrown into the water." 



MiOPITHECUS ANSORGEI (Pocock). 



Cercopithecus talapoin ansorgei Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1907, p. 742. 



Type locality. Canhoca (not Cambaca Pocock), Angola, West 

 Africa. 



Genl. Char. Larger than M. talapoin, less black on cheeks ; hairs 

 anterior to ears mostly white. Dorsal area paler and greener ; ventral 

 area pure white, hairs longer and softer. 



Color. Space around eyes bright orange ; nose black ; black mark 

 from corner of eye half way to ear ; hairs on upper lip near nose, long, 

 stiff, black; hairs on cheeks golden yellow, tips black, directed down- 

 ward ; hairs in front of ears radiating from the centre in a half circle, 

 of a greater diameter than in M. talapoin, these hairs directed down- 

 ward with black tips ; hairs on hinder part of cheek longest and 

 directed backward and joining those radiating from the ear; top of 

 head and upper part of the body yellow and black, having a strong 

 greenish tinge ; outer side of arms and legs chrome yellow ; hands and 

 feet chrome yellow with a buff tinge; entire under parts and inner 

 side of limbs pure white; tail above brownish black on basal third, 

 browner on remaining portion, hairs tipped with yellowish white or 

 buff; beneath yellowish gray at base, rest buff; ear black. Ex type 

 British Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 925; tail, 525; foot, 105; ear, 35. 



This is a much yellower animal and with more of a green tint 

 than M. talapoin. There are two examples in the British Museum 

 a male, the type, and a female, and the latter is even more green than 

 the male, and came from Casualalla, North Angola, also procured by 

 Mr. W. J. Ansorge. 



