i8 African Zoology. 



longer than elsewhere ; hair on the forearm, directed towards 

 the elbow ; face naked and of a brown colour, with the excep- 

 tion of the cheeks, which are beset with hair similar to that 

 of the body : belly almost naked. About three feet in length. 



Inhabits Guinea and Congo ; lives in troops, constructs 

 huts of leaves and branches of trees, arms itself with stones and 

 clubs, pursues and carries off negro women, and is veiy in- 

 telligent, and susceptible of considerable education. 



Simia troglodytes, Lin. 12. 1. Pongo, Buff. Sup-p. 7- 

 Simla pygmca, Schreb.j?jr. 1, B. Simiasatyrus, Schreb._/?^. 2. 

 Pongo, And. fam.\, \.\,Jig.\. Miraetis, Leach. Jour 

 Phys. 



Genus Colobus. Jlllger. 



Incisors \, canines \\y molars H — 32. Muzzle short ; body 

 and extremities slender; fingers very long; anterior extremities 

 without thumbs ; tail long, slender, and tufted towards its ex- 

 tremity ; cheek pouches, and callosities on the buttocks. 



Colobus Polycomus. Geoff. (Full-bottom Monkey.) Face 

 naked and black ; head and neck covered with long, coarse, 

 flowing hair of a dirty yellowish colour mixed with black ; body 

 and extremities glossy black ; tail white. Length between three 

 and four feet. 



Inhabits the woods of Sierra Leone and Guinea. South 



Africa. Bcnnet. 



Simia Polycomus, Sehreb. fig. 10. D. Guenon a camail. Buff. 

 Siipp. 7. fig. 17. Simia Polycomus, Bodd. Full-bottom 

 Monkey, Penn. Quad. fig. 46. Simia Comosa, Shaw, l.fig. 24. 



Colobus ferruginosus. Geoff. (Bay monkey.) Crown of the 

 head black ; back a deep bright bay ; outsides of the limbs 

 and the tail, black ; cheeks, under part of the body, and legs 

 light bay. 



Inhabits Sierra Leone. South Africa. Bennet. 



Simia ferruginea, Shaw, p. 56. Autre guenon. Buff. Supp. 

 7. p. 66. Bay Monkey, Penn. Quad. 203. 



Genus Lasiopyga. Uliger. 



Incisors i, canines i \, molars § I — 32. Fascial angle 45", 

 head round ; muzzle slightly prolonged ; hands very long ; 

 thumbs of the anterior hands very short and slender; tail 

 long ; cheek pouches distinct ; buttocks not callous, fringed with 

 hair. 



Lasiopyga nemmis, Illiger. (Done.) Face short and rather 

 flat, furnished on each side mth long hairs of a pale yellow 



