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THE COLOBUS AND THE WHITE-NOSE MONKEY. 



THE COLOBUS. 



The scientific name which is given to this genus of monkeys explains 

 — as is the proper office of names— one of the leading peculiarities of 

 the animals. The title "Colobus" is a Greek word, signifying "stunt- 

 ed," or " maimed," and is given to these animals because the thumbs 

 of the two fore-limbs give but little external indication of their presence, 



so that the hand con- 

 sists merely of four 

 fingers. They are 

 exclusively African 

 animals. They are 

 rather handsome 

 creatures, and their 

 hair is sufficiently 

 long and silky to be 

 valuable as a fur. 



The Ursine or 

 Bearlike Colobus 

 is so named because 

 the general color of 

 its long black fur, 

 and the form of the 

 monkey itself, with 

 the exception of the 

 tail, have something 

 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. 



The True Colobus. 



which retain the black hue of the body, the tail is of a beautiful 

 white, terminated with a long and full white tuft. 



The little animal, the White-nose Monkey of Western Africa, is 

 a curious little creature, with an air of quaint conceit, for which it is 

 indebted to the fringe of white hairs that surrounds 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 body and inside of the limbs are of a much lighter tint than 



