THE GUEREZA. 



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The Ursine, or Bear-like 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, has some- 

 thing 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 which retain the black hue of the body, the tail is of a beautiful white, termi- 

 nated with a long and full white tuft. 



Another species, called the Full-maned Colobus, is rather a remarkable animal, not so 

 much on account of its habits, of which little is known, but on account of the huge mass 

 of long hairs which cover the head and shoulders, falling nearly as low as the middle of 

 the breast. The color of this mane, or "full-bottomed peruke," as it has also been 

 called, is yellow, with black hairs intermixed. Like the Ursine Colobus, the Full-mane 

 possesses a tail of a white color, decorated with a snowy-white tuft. 



The Black Colobus is devoid of these exquisitely white portions of the fur that 

 are so strongly marked in the Ursine and the Full-maned Colobus. The head, body, 

 limbs, and even the tail, are jet black, unrelieved by any admixture of a lighter tint. 



GUEREZA. Colobus Guereza. 



This uniform black hue of the long glossy fur, has earned fof the animal the demoniacal 

 title which will be found appended to the figure. Beside the sable garments that are 

 conventionally attributed to the powers of darkness, the animal in question is probably 

 in part indebted for its name to the black crest, that projects over the forehead and 

 eyes with so pert and impish an air. 



Our last example of this genus is the beautifully adorned GUEREZA. This monkey 

 presents a singular example of contrast in colors. The back, shoulders, the crown 

 of the head, the limbs, and part of the tail, are black. But along the sides, the black 

 hairs have hardly run a fifth of their course, when they suddenly become of a pure 

 white. This change is not effected by a gradual melting of the black into white, but 

 the line of demarcation is clearly defined. There is also a fringe of white hairs that 

 encircles the cheeks, and becoming suddenly very narrow, runs across the forehead, just 

 above the eyes, and is boldly contrasted with the black face and black scalp. The 

 tail ends in a whitish tuft, but not so large as that of the Ursine Colobus, nor so purely 

 white. 



