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and the inner side of the limbs, white ; anterior aspect of the 

 lower part of the arm, the hind-margin of the fore-arms, and the 

 anterior and posterior aspects of the thighs and legs, greyish 

 white. (Gray.) Length of body, 25^ inches ; of tail, 31 

 inches. 



Distritntion. — Island of Zanzibar. This Monkey was first sen 

 to Europe by Sir John Kirk in 1868. Its discoverer, writing in 

 1884, says that even in 1868 the Monkey was rare, but was stil) 

 to be found in many of the wooded districts of that island. He 

 writes : " I am not aware that it has been found in Pemba 

 Island or on the mainland ; and now I discover that, if not ex- 

 tinct, it has become so rare as not to be procurable, even when 

 I sent the hunters over the island. I have a report that ' 

 exists still in one spot, which they could not reach. I believ 

 that two specimens were sent to Germany some time ago ; h> 

 it looks as if the animal will be lost to science. This is due U 

 the destruction of forest and jungle over the island." 



" Colobus kirkii" writes Mr. H. H. Johnston, in ]886, "hac 

 disappeared from nearly every part of the island of Zanzibar, 

 but a rumour prevailed that it still lingered on a clump of 

 forest as yet unvisited by hunters. Thither Sir John sent his 

 chasseurs to report on the Monkey's existence. After a week's 

 absence they returned, triumph illumining their swarthy linea- 

 ments. * Well, did you find them ? ' asked the British Consul 

 General. ' Yes,' replied the men with glee, ' and we killed 

 them every one !' wherewith twelve Monkey-corpses were flun- 

 upon the floor, and Colobus kirki joined the Dodo, the Au' 

 the Rhytina and the Moa, in the limbo of species extinguished 

 by the act of man." 



