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thick, frill-like, and directed backwards toward the ears ; hands 

 and feet long, but the feet longer than the hands. Face, ears, 

 palms, and soles, black ; superciliary band bright yellow or 

 white; head, back, shoulders, arms, and upper part of the 

 fore arms, the thighs, upper part of the legs, and upper side of 

 the tail rich yellowish-green, — the hairs being ringed with 

 broader bars of yellow, and narrower bars of black ; external 

 surface of the lower part of the fore- and hind-limbs grey, the 

 hairs being ringed with white, or very pale yellow and black ; 

 cheeks, throat, under surface of the body, and inner side of 

 the limbs, white, washed with yellow on the cheeks, throat, and 

 along the mid-line of the belly. Tail tipped with a long tuft of 

 bright yellow ; under side of the tail greyish-green ; hairs 

 beneath the tail and on the scrotal regioa bright yellow ; naked 

 skin of the scrotal parts, green. Length of body, 24 inches ; of 

 tail, 29 inches. 



Distribution. — West Africa : from Senegambia to the Niger. It 

 is said to be now abundant in a wild state in the island of St. 

 Kitts, in the West Indies, and Colonel Feilden identified it in 

 Barbadoes. Into both of these islands it has been introduced 

 from Africa, in the same way as into St. Jago, one of the Cape 

 Verde Islands 



Habits. — The Green Monkeys frequent high trees in the great 

 forests, living in small troops or sitting alone. They move 

 about very noiselessly, and would seem to be devoid of voice, 

 remaining silent even when attacked or wounded; although 

 they knit their brows, gnash their teeth, and evince every sign 

 of vexation and anger. This species is one of the commonest 

 Monkeys introduced into Europe, as it appears to be able to 

 stand, better than most of the other members of the genus, 

 the northern climate. It has even bred in the Zoological 



