10 THE GREEN MONKEY. 



infinite advantage to them in their ascent and descent. They 

 apply it to the branch of a tree as though it were a supple finger, 

 and frequently swing by it from the branch like the pendulum 

 of a clock. It answers all the purposes of a fifth hand to the 

 monkey." 



Monkeys are not, therefore, so well fitted for a terrestrial as 

 an arboreal life ; being pre-eminently adapted for a residence 

 among trees. Hence they are found running, jumping, swinging, 

 and even sleeping in the thick-growing forest trees of Asia, 

 Africa, and South America, and in the greatest number in the 

 tropical regions. 



THE GREEN, OR CAPE DE VERB MONKEY. 



(Cercopithecus Sabtfus.) 



This species is only found in Senegal and the Cape de Verd 

 Islands, in which places it is very abundant. It is very often 

 seen in menageries, and bears our variable climate better than 

 most other monkeys. It is from sixteen to eighteen inches in 

 length, not including the tail, which measures somewhat more. 

 It is a handsome animal, all the outer and upper parts of its 

 body displaying a mixture of very dark green and brown, with a 

 shade of deep yellow ; the under and inner parts bright yellow -, 

 the neck and chest white. The face, which is of a triangular 

 shape, is naked and jet black ; above the eyes, is a straight line 

 of stiff black hairs j and the whiskers, which are long, copious, 

 and of a very beautiful bright orange colour, meet in a point 

 beneath the chin. The ears, palms of the hands, and soles 

 of the feet are hairless and deep black ; the limbs and tail are 

 long, of a lighter shade than the body, and the end of the tail 



