THE MONKEY. 



Coaita. 



Collared Tee Tee. 



White-nosed Monkey. 



The Coaita is one of the Spider Monkeys, so called from their long slender limbs, and their method of 

 climbing among the branches. The tail seems to answer the purpose of a fifth hand, as it is capable 

 of being used for every purpose to which the hand can be applied. In climbing among the branches of 

 trees, they coil it round the boughs to lower or raise themselves, and often will suspend themselves entirely 

 by it, and then by a powerful impetus swing off to some distant branch. They are extremely sensitive to 

 cold, and when chilly are in the habit of wrapping their tail about them, so that this useful organ answers 

 the purpose of a boa as well as * a hand. They will also, when shot, fasten their tail so firmly on the 

 branches, that they remain suspended after death. The Coaita inhabits Surinam and Guinea. 



The Collared Tee Tee, or White-throated Squirrel Monkey, is found to the east of the Orinoco. It lives 

 on small birds, insects and fruits. Its habits are, apparently, mild and inoffensive, but its acts belie its looks, 

 for when a small bird is presented to it, it springs upon its prey like a cat and speedily devours it. 



The White-nosed Monkey is a native of the forests of Guinea. The lightness and agility of its actions, 

 its playfulness and its beauty, render it very attractive ; but it is not without a mixture of the caprice 

 and petulance of its race. Its general color is black, the nose, which is broad and elevated, being white 

 from between the eyes to the nostrils. 



The Mandrill, which is the most conspicuous of the baboon tribe, is a native of Guinea and Western 

 Africa. It is chiefly remarkable for the vivid colors with which it is adorned. Its cheeks are of a brilliant 

 blue, its muzzle of a bright scarlet, and a stripe of crimson runs along the centre of its nose. It lives 

 principally in forests filled with brushwood, from which it makes incursions into the nearest villages, 

 plundering them with impunity. On this account it is much dreaded by the natives, who feel themselves 

 incapable of resisting its attacks. It is excessively ferocious, and easily excited to anger ; indeed, Cuvier 

 relates that he has seen several of these animals expire from the violence of their fury. 



Female Coaita and young. 



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Group of Monkeys. 



Mandrill, or Ribbed-nose Baboon. 



