62 Lloyd's natural historV. 



menageries, where it appears to stand the northern climate 

 fairly well. At a meeting of the Zoological Society in Novem- 

 ber, 1893, Dr. Sclater remarked that Cercopithecus callitrichiis 

 ( = C pygerythrus) had recently bred in the Gardens. Con- 

 cerning the latter birth a cu.ious fac. had been observed and 

 reported by the keepers — that the young Monkey, which lived 

 about two months, had been in the habit of sucking both of 

 the mother's teats at once. 



XVIII. THE TANTALUS GUENON. CERCOPITliECUS TANTALUS. 



Cercopithecus tantalus^ Ogilby, P. Z. S., 1841, p. 33 ; Sclater, 

 P. Z. S., 1893, p. 258; Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 73 

 (1876). 



Cercoccbus tcmtalus, var. f.. Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 

 26 (1870). 



Characters. — Head rounder and face shorter than in C. calli- 

 trichus. Face covered with very short hairs ; nose prominent, 

 and narrow between the eyes, flatter and broader towards the 

 tip. Head, back, and sides, a mixture of yellowish-brown and 

 green, of the same shade as prevails in the upper parts of C. 

 callitrichus and C. pygerythrus ; outer surface of the limbs 

 clearer ashy-grey ; whiskers, throat, breast, under side of the 

 body, and inner side of the limbs, yellowish-white ; tail brown 

 at the root, pale grey at the tip ; back of hands and feet light 

 grey ; face livid flesh-colour round the eyes, the short hairs on 

 the nose and cheeks black ; lips light brown ; eyebrows black, 

 surmounted by a broad white band across the forehead; scro- 

 tal region covered with yellowish hairs. {Ogilby.) 



Distribution. — Africa, but the exact habitat is unknown. 



Eatits. --Unknown. 



