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circuiiispection, lest a snake be in it; lor snakes arc an abomination to 

 them. As to moral qualities, no two are alike; some are (juarrelsoine, 

 some quiet, some morose, some sly, some cheerlul, olliers malicious — all, 

 however, love to guard, tend and cherish smaller animals. 



THE GUENONS. 



The GrzEN Ape, Ccrcopti/icats sal/cvus, {Phitc 11), attains a lenfrtii of 

 ai)ou( forty inches, fully one-half beinfj tail. The hair on the Ixick is 

 grayish-green, ringed and tipped with black ; that of the arms, legs and 

 tail ash-gray, the short whiskers whitisii ; the nose and eyebrows are 

 black, the face light-brown. 



Another species called Diana or Bearded monkey, Ccrcopitlucus 

 diana, is a small slender animal, conspicuous by its long beard on 

 cheek and chin, and a white crescent on its brow. The color is 

 mainly gray, the back a purplish brown, the beard and under side 

 of the body white. The species called flu- Nun, Ccrcopitlums iiiohd, 

 resembles the apes just described with the exception of wauling the 

 pointed beard. From this name Mona it is i)robai)le that our word 

 " Monkey " is derived. 



THE WHITE-NOSE AND THE RED APES. 



The White-nosed Monkey, Ccraipiihtrns /xfirnrista, is an inhal)itant 

 of Western Africa. It is a curious little creature, with an air of quaint 

 conceit, for which it is indebted to the fringe of white hairs that sur- 

 rounds its face, and the conspicuous white spot on the nose, which 

 has earned for it the title of White-nose. As is so often the case in 

 these animals, the under-side of the i)ody and inside of the limbs is of 

 a much lighter tint than the upper portions. This distinction is pecu- 

 liarly well marked in the long tail, which is nearly black above, and 

 beneath takes a grayish hue. 



The Red Ape, Ccrcopithccus ruber. — This species, commonly called 

 the Hussar, is by no means so amiable as those we have just men- 

 tioned. It is nearly one-half as large again as the other species, the 

 face is black, the nose whitish, the cheek whiskers white, the head is 

 marked with a dark-red sjjot; tlie rest of the l)ody is of a shining golden 

 red color on the upper surface, but white on the inside of the limbs. 



