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THE DIADEM MONKEY. 



osl upon her. as the next day, if tempted in the same manner, she was 

 ommit the Bamc foolish act. 



i she was first purchased, the character of this animal was very mild. She had been in 



years, and as she grew old, it was easy to see that she became mischievous and 



made a poor cat that belonged in the house with her, the victim of her cruelty. She 



mnd everywhere sin' went, caressing and beating her by turns. She 



ometimes till her month with raisins and pieces of apple, and by means of blows and vio- 



i poor pussy to Bwallow a nourishment that was distasteful to her. In short, she at 



1 her death by abuse and violence. Alter that time she was not permitted to tyran- 



• ■.■ • other living animal." 



I Whitk-ktslid Monkey. — This animal is doubtless of the genus Cercopithecus, though 



Bol • Mangabey, and M. GeofFroy St. Hilaire denominates it Cercocebus fuliginosus. It 



Western Africa [ts general color is a grayish black. It is not deficient 

 and can be taught various tricks. It is petulant and capricious in captivity, hut 

 - well-behaved. A specimen in the London Zoological Gardens was remarkably active, 

 1 great amusement by its grimaces, to which its countenance gave peculiar effect. 



i to Monkey, C. Ethiops of Geoffroy, resembles the preceding in its 

 neral color, though it is marked with chestnut brown upon the upper part 

 n 1 the fore part of the neck is crossed with a band of pure white. It has also long 

 >earsto be a native of Western Africa. 



I I m m-.ms. C. talapoin, is a well-known B] ics from Western Africa, and is a favorite, on 



• r, its intelligence, and its small size. The general color of the body 

 and white below. 



; M..sKf,. 0. diadematut, is nearly black, the lower parts being mottled with 

 - marked with a circular white spot upon the forehead, from which it derives its name. 



