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KALBBOTJCK : QENTJ3 cercopithkcus. — (Seep. 88.) 



M ■■-UK 8. chryaomela, all of Borneo; the Black-crested Monkey, S. melalophos, and the 

 W)« HANDED Monkey, S. flavimantts, of Sumatra; the Siam Monkey, S. Siame7isis of Muller, 

 Black-handi d Monkey, S. nigrimanus of Geoffroy, found in Siam and Southern Asia; and 

 MlTBRSD Monkey of Java, 5". comntnx, called Cron by the natives. 

 Among these numerous Bpecies there arc certain distinctions of structure which have led some 

 ingc them under different divisions. They are, however, so nearly allied as to ren- 

 . natural and homogeneous group in the great and diversified family of monkeys. 

 ', I ' >I.' »|;|;. ( 'olobus.— The monkeys of this genus are almost destitute of thumbs on the 



rior limbs, and hence their name, derived from the Greek, kolobos, mutilated. They resemble 

 the prt _ ;i their intelligence and in their habits, living like them in forests, and feeding upon 



ibstances. The known species all belong to Africa. 

 Tip G /\ Monkey, Colobus Guereza^is found in Abyssinia, and is distinguished for the 



. the greater part of the body being black; its forehead, and a circle around the 

 . with tip' >i.l«'>, neck, and throat, arc pure white. A sort of mantle of long white hair sti 

 from tic rides, Dear the hack, and descends in flowing masses along the after part of the body. 

 I inimals live in small families, dwelling in the tops of large trees in the neighborhood of 



They are exceedingly nimble and lively, without being boisterous. They feed on 

 frail a, and small insects. The inhabitants of some parts hunt them, and it is a mark ofdis- 



oldi( ra to possess a Bhield covered with the skin of this monkey, displaj 

 fill flying mantle we have described. 



i ■! Sierra I. one goes by various names, as King of the Monkeys, B 

 Monkey, I'm bottomed Monkey, <fec. The color is generally black, tinged with yellow on the 

 The hair of the head is long, and falls in such a manner as to appear like a camail — a 

 i I loak, covering the upper part of the body ; hence the French call this animal C. a camail. 



genua are the C. satanas, of the island of Fernando Po; the Fobbed 



Mo ' . the Ba-s Monkey, C. ferrugineus, of Sierra Leone; the C. fuliginotu^ 



and tic- True Colobe, C. verus, of Western Africa. 



CEROOP1 rHBCUS.— This term is derived from the Greek kerkos, the tail, and pithdw, 



M' I he g -Tiii— embraces the Cfuenom of French naturalists. Nearly thirty species arc known. 



all belongin ifVica They are distinguished from the genus Semnopithecus by a less slende^ 



. and larger cheek-pouches, in which they often preserve their food for a time 



' >'• between one and two feet in length, and are generally marked by a certain elegance ol 



red with fine hair, ami this is often distinguished for the brilliancy of it 

 color. The tail is gen, rally the length of the body, and carried over the back. They do nol 



