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OUENOXS. 



GUILLEMOTS. 



paw. with the hollow downward upon the ant-heap, as fast as the j 

 emmet* cnwp into their treacherous palmc* they lick 'em off with 

 sreat comfort to their stomachs ; and there they will lie till there is 

 Jot an emmet left. They are also pernicious to fruit and apples, and 

 will dtroy whole fields and gardens, unless they be carefully looked 

 after. For they are very cunning, and will never venture in till the 

 return of their spies, which they send always before, who giving 

 information that all things are safe, in they rush with their whole 

 body, and make a quick dispatch. Therefore they go very quiet and 

 silent to their prey, and if their young ones chance to make a noise 

 they chastise them with their fists ; but if they find the coast clear, 

 then every one hath a different noise to express his joy. Nor could 

 there be any wmy to hinder them from further multiplying, but that 

 they fall sometimes into the ruder hands of wild beasts, which they 

 have no way to avoid but by a timely flight, or creeping into the clefts 

 of the rocks. If they find no safety in flight they make a virtue of 

 necessity, stand their ground, and filling their paws full of dust or 

 send, fling it full in the eyes of their assailant, and then to their heels 

 again." Such is the account upon the strength of which Buffon 

 makes his reference ; but that is not all, for the translation at least is 

 graced by a Urge plate illustrative of these wonderful scenes, and 

 there is not the vestige of a tail among the whole party of apes, 

 twenty-six in number. 



This species has the following characters : Top of the head greenish- 

 yellow mixed with a slight tinge of block ; neck, back, and sides of a 

 deep chestnut brown, passing downwards as far as the shoulders and 

 haunches, where it changes into a dusky slate-colour continued on 

 the limbs and tail, which last U considerably longer than the body, 

 and has on each side of its ,base a remarkable white spot. Under 

 surface of the body and inside of the limbs pure white, separated from 

 the neighbouring colours by an abrupt line of demarcation. Naked 

 upper part of the face, comprehending the orbits and cheeks, bluish 

 purple. Lips, and so much of the chin as is without hair, flesh- 

 coloured. On the sides of the face large bushy whiskers of a light 

 straw-colour mixed with a few blackish rings advance forwards and 

 cover a considerable portion of the cheeks. Above the eye-brows a 

 transverse black band, extending on each side as far as the ears, and 

 surmounted by a narrow crescent-shaped stripe of gray, which is 

 sometimes scarcely visible. Ears and hands livid flesh-colour. (Ben- 

 nett, ' Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society of London,' 

 vol. i.) 



Mr. Bennett remarks that the name of Mona appears to be of Arabian 

 origin, and is indiscriminately applied, under various modifications, by 

 the Moors of Northern Africa to all the long-tailed monkeys without 

 exception. From the language of the Moors, he observes, it has passed 

 into those of Spain and Portugal, in both of which it has precisely 

 the same signification. Mr. Bennett however does not agree with 

 Pennant and Buffon, who consider it, in its Egyptian form of Monichi, 

 to have been the origin of the English word monkey, which appears 

 to him to admit of a much more obvious, though not very flattering 

 derivation, from the parent-stock of our native tongue. He also 

 expresses his doubts of the accuracy of Buffon in referring the Cebut 

 of the ancients to this particular species, to which principally, on 

 account of its being a native of the north of Africa, the latter has 

 restricted the previously generic name of Mona. 



Barbery is generally supposed to be the native place of this monkey. 

 They are brought from Africa, and bear a European climate well, 

 whence it is conjectured that they inhabit the north of Africa, or 

 dwell in mountainous districts. 



In a state of nature it is not known ; for Ludolf s account, to which 

 Buffon refers, cannot, as we have endeavoured to show, be applied 

 with any degree of certainty to this species. M. F. Cuvier gives a 

 very entertaining account of its manners in captivity. The individual 

 which he figures and describes from the Paris menagerie appears to 

 have been most amiable and intelligent, and to have been distinguished 

 for its dexterity in unlocking chests or drawers, untying knots, search- 

 ing pockets, Ac. The individual in the possession of the Zoological 

 Society from which Mr. Bennett's description was taken was capricious, 

 savage in temper, and altogether of a worse character. 



t'rrroecoM. Resembling Cercopithectu in some points, but differing 

 in others. Facial angle about 45". Head inclined to the triangular 

 form ; muzzle rather lengthened ; nose flat or convex ; thumbs of the 

 anterior hands slender, and placed near the fingers ; those of the 

 hinder extremities larger, and placed at a greater distance. Pygal 

 callosities large. 



It U the C. abmu, Singe Vert, of Brisson ; Samia tabcea of Lin- 

 naeus; Green Monkey of Pennant; St. Jago Monkey of Edwards; 

 Guenon Callitriche, and Callitriche, of the French zoologists. 



It is greenish-yellow above, arising from the ringing of the hairs 

 with various shades of yellow and black, but- assuming more of a dark 

 grizzled appearance on the sides of the body and outer sides of the 

 limbs, which become gradually darker towards the hands. The face, 

 ears, and naked parts of the hands jet black, the face triangular, 

 bounded above the eyes by a straight line of stiff black hairs, and on 

 the sides by spreading tufts of Tight hairs with a yellowish tinge, 

 meeting in a point beneath the chin. Neck and chest white ; under 

 parts of the body of a yellowish tinge ; inside of the limbs gray. 

 Length of head and body 16 or 18 inches; that of the tail somewhat 



more. (Bennett, ' Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society,' 



vol. L) 



In Adauon's ' Voyage au Senegal ' will be found a good account of 

 the habits of the species in a state of nature, and their silent and 

 unflinching endurance of wounds and death from the gun. They 

 associate in large troops, and are scarcely to be traced among the 

 boughs except when they occasionally break some of them in tlu-ir 

 gambols, which are performed in silence, though marked by great 

 agility. When shot at they make no noise, but gather 

 companies, knit their brows, and gnash their teeth, as if they meant 

 to attack the enemy. In captivity their disposition in general is not 

 amiable, and they are considered captious and malicious ; but, as Mr. 

 Bennett observes, much of their character, as in other species .depends 

 on their age and education. 



Green Monkey (Crrcoetlia lalxrui). F. Curier. 



They are found in Africa (forests of Mauritania) and the- Cape do 

 Yercl Islands. Edwards figured bis specimen from au individual that 

 was brought from St Jago. Brisson appears to have been the first 

 describer of the species from a specimen in the museum of Reaumur. 

 Pennant says that it is also found in the East Indies, and that Sir 

 Ashton Lever had his specimen from thence. [SIMIAD.E.] 



GUEVI. [ANTILOPE.*:.] 



GUEVINA. [XYLOMKI.ON.] 



GUILLEMOTS, the common name of the species of I'ria, a genus 

 of Sea-Birds which some ornithologists place among the family of 

 Divers, or Colymbida. Linnams places the species Grylic and Troile 

 at the head of his genus Colymbut. Cuvier arranges the genus under 

 his family Plongeurs, or Brachyptdres. Prince Bonaparte arranges 

 them in the second section of his family Pygopodes, the genus 

 Colymbtu forming the first section. Lesson makes them belong to 

 the family Alctula, which he seems to consider as synonymous with 

 the Plongeurs of Cuvier. 



Mr. Vigors, on leaving the Colymbidir, enters the family of .1 

 by means of the genus {.Via (Ilri&s.), which was originally included 

 in the Colymbiu of Liniiicua, and from which, he observes, it bus been 

 separated chiefly on account of the tridactylo conformation of its 

 foot This character distinguishes the greater part of Mr. Vigors's 

 group of Alcada, which, in addition to I'ria, contains the genera 

 Alca [Ann], and Aptmodylu [PENGUIN] of Linnious. The latter 

 genus, Mr. Vigors remarks, apparently carries to the extreme the 

 typical character of those groups in which the wings, becoming 

 gradually shorter, and less furnished with feathers, lose at length 

 all their powers of flight, and assume the functions of fins, instead 

 of wings, to assist the bird in its progress through the water. The 

 whole of the family, united by the form of the foot, is separated 

 into generic groups by the different shape of the bill. " And here," 

 continues Mr. Vigors, " a beautifully progressive series of affinities is 

 apparent throughout the whole group. Beginning from the true 

 Aplenodyta, we may observe that the bill of that genus U long, 

 rather slender, and somewhat curved; while, that of Catarrhacta 

 (Briss.), which succeeds, is shorter and more elevated at the ridge ; 

 thus leading the way to Spheniicut (Briss.), where the sides are 

 compressed, and the culmen elevated into a sharp edge. This 

 structure approaches the form of the same member in the true Alca 

 [AUK], in which the sides are still more strongly compressed, and the 

 culmen more elevated. The Fratcrcula (Boss.), the well-known 

 Puffin of our rocky coasts [Ark], following A lea, exhibits the extreme 

 of this singular construction ; and there cannot be a more interesting 

 subject of contemplation to him who may wish to witness the mode 

 in which nature harmonises her groups, than the gradual change of 

 form that unites the short and elevated bill of this lost genus with 



