THE GUEREZA. 45 
The Ursine, or Bear-like Colobus, is so named because the general colour of its long 
black fur, and the form of the monkey itself, with the exception of the tail, has some- 
thing of the bearish aspect. The cheeks and chin of this animal are covered with white 
hair; there is a white patch on the hind legs; and, with the exception of a few inches at 
its root, which retain the black hue of the body, the tail is of a beautiful white, termi- 
nated with a long and full white tuft. 
Another species, called the Full-maned Colobus, is rather a remarkable animal, not so 
much on account of its habits, of which little is known, but on account of the huge mass 
of long hairs which cover the head and shoulders, falling nearly as low as the middle of 
the breast. The colour of this mane, or “full-bottomed peruke,” as it has also been 
called, is yellow, with black hairs intermixed. Like the Ursine Colobus, the Full-mane 
possesses a tail of a white colour, decorated with a snowy-white tuft. 
The Black Colobus is devoid of those exquisitely white portions of the fur that 
are so strongly marked in the Ursine and the Full-maned Colobus. The head, body, 
limbs, and even the tail, are jet black, unrelieved by any admixture of a lighter tint. 
This uniform black hue of the long glossy fur, has earned for the animal the demoniacal 
title which will be found appended to the figure. Beside the sable garments that are 
conventionally attributed to the powers of darkness, the animal in question is probably 
in part indebted for its name to the black crest, that projects over the forehead and 
eyes with so pert and impish an air. 
GUEREZA.—Colobus Gueréza. 
Our last example of this genus is the beautifully adorned GurrrzA. This monkey 
presents a singulat example of contrast in colours. The back, shoulders, the crown 
of the head, the limbs, and part of the tail, are black. But along the sides, the black 
hairs have hardly run a fifth of their course, when they suddenly become of a pure 
white. This change is not effected by a gradual melting of the black into white, but 
the line of demarcation is clearly defined. There is also a fringe of white hairs that 
encircles the cheeks, and becoming suddenly very narrow, runs across the forehead, just 
above the eyes, and is boldly contrasted with the black face and black scalp. The 
tail ends in a whitish tuft, but not so large as that of the Ursine Colobus, nor so 
purely white. 
