HUNTING MONKEYS. 



WHITE-EYELID MONKEY. 



fam'ly are considered most excellent eating by those who can get 

 over the appearance of the animal and of its bones when cooked. 

 There are not many, however, who can sit down to a dish of 

 monkeys without feeling that it is rather a cannibalish proceeding. 

 The Mangabey, or White-eyelid Monkey,* belongs to the 

 genus cercocebus. Western Africa is his locality. The Man- 

 gabey, with its upper eyelids of a dead white, was so named by 

 Buffbn, from the erroneous supposition that his specimens were 

 brought from that territory in Madagascar. In a state of captivity 

 it is a most unwearied droll frolicsome and good-natured withal. 

 Sir William Jardine mentions a female in Mr. Wombwell's mena- 

 gerie that was most lively, and gives a figure of her, no easy task, 

 for she was never at rest for one moment ; and her activity was 

 increased when she perceived that she was noticed. lt She per- 

 formed," says Sir William, " many of the attitudes of the most 

 experienced harlequins. * * * She was remarkably cleanly and 

 careful r ot to soil her person. When feeding, she seldom put 

 her head to the food or dish, but lifted and conveyed it to her 

 mouth." Her diet consisted of bread and milk principally, and 

 vegetables occasionally : like Potemkin, she was very fond of a 



Cercocebus fuliginosus 



