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a deep chestnut brown, passing downwards as far as 

 the shoulders and haunches, where it changes into a 

 dusky slate colour, which is continued on the limbs 

 and tail. The latter organ is considerably longer than 

 the body, and has, on each side of its base, a very 

 remarkable white spot. The under surface of the 

 body, and the inside of the limbs, are of a pure and 

 delicate white, separated from the neighbouring colours 

 by an abrupt line of demarcation. 



" The naked upper part of the face, comprehending 

 the orbits and the cheeks, is of a bluish purple ; the 

 lips, and so much of the chin as is without hair, flesh- 

 coloured; on the sides of the face, large bushy whiskers, 

 of a light straw colour, mixed with a few blackish 

 rings, advance forwards, and cover a considerable 

 portion of the cheeks. Above the eyebrows is a trans- 

 verse black band, extending on each side as far as 

 the ears, and surmounted by a narrow crescent-shaped 

 stripe of gray, which is sometimes scarcely Tisible. 

 The ears and the hands are of a livid flesh colour." 



Another very beautiful allied species is the Diana 

 or Palatine monkey, (Cercopitkecus Diana, Geoff.,) 

 so named by Linnaeus from the white crescent-shaped 

 band, the emblem of the Virgin Huntress, which adorns 

 its brow. 



It is a native of the eastern coast of Africa, prin- 

 cipally in Guinea, is about eighteen inches in length, 

 with a tail exceeding two feet. Its colouring. Mr 



