182 THE NATURAL HISTOBY OF 



THE GREEN MONKEY. 



Cercocebus sabaeus GEOFFROT. 



PLATE XIII. 



t Jago monkey, Edwards 1 Gleanings, Plate 215 The Green 



monkey, Pennant's Quadrupeds, 203 Guenon callitriche, 

 Desmaresfs Mammalogie, page 61. Cercocebus saboeus, 

 Geoffroy, Annales du Museum, vol. xix. p. 99. Le Calli- 

 triche, Frederic Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle des Mam- 

 miferes. 



THE green monkey is one of the most abundant of 

 this group, and is perhaps oftener seen in a captive 

 state than any of the others. It is a native of the 

 Cape Verd Islands and the continent of Africa, and 

 in its disposition seems to possess part of the bad 

 traits of the baboons, though it is at the same time 

 lively and playful. That described by M. Cuvier, in 

 the Menagerie du Museum, became very fierce and 

 irascible, and even bit the keepers who happened to 

 get within his reach. 



The description given by Mr Bennet of the speci- 

 mens in the Zoological Gardens, may be considered 

 accurate ; in some specimens, the shade of colouring 

 varies, but there is no other variation of consequence. 



