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feeding she seldom put her head to the food or dish, 

 but lifted and conveyed it to her mouth. Her food 

 was chiefly bread and milk, and occasionally vegetables, 

 of which a carrot was a very favourite luxury. 



This monkey is most appropriately named from 

 the white colour of the eyelids, a most conspicuous 

 feature in its physiognomy, and assisting the expres- 

 sion often thrown into the ridiculous grimaces, which, 

 Mr Bennet remarks, (e it continues in a state of con- 

 finement with laudable perseverance and unwearied 

 zeal." In both this species and another, " the 

 collared white eyelid monkey," (Cercocebus eihiops, 

 GeofFroy,) the eyelids are of a very peculiar colour, 

 a sort of clear grayish-white, but with a dead or 

 chalky hue. In the female above alluded to, this 

 colour was remarkably apparent, contrasting with the 

 naked parts of the face, which resembled Indian 

 rubber, and its transparent shade of dark brownish 

 purple. The .hair is fine and soft to the touch, 

 and on the upper parts is of a dull sooty black 

 (expressively named enfumee by the French natura- 

 lists,) darker upon the hands, gradually shading into 

 a yellowish tint on the breasts, belly, and inside 

 of the thighs. On these parts the thin coating of 

 hair plainly showed the skin, which is very pure 

 flesh-colour. The extremities are of the same colour 

 and texture with the face j and it has been remarked 

 'that they resembled a lady's hand covered with a 

 very fine black kid glove. 



