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contiiiL'd ill the sHiiie caj^e witli a youii^f liaiiunuiii, wliosu gravity was sorely disturbed 

 Ijy the uuwcarie<l activity and playfuluuss of its iiiercuiial coiiii:)anion. Whilst the 

 white-nose was frolicking rcjuiid the cage or plaj^-ing witli the spectators, the 

 liaiuniian would sit upon the percli, tlie very picture of melancholy and apathy, 

 with his long tail hanging down to the lx)ttoni ; but his attention was roused and 

 his secunty endangered every mouient by the tricks of the restless little creature, 

 which in its spoi-ts and gambols continually caught the hanuman's tail, either to 

 swing itself out of the reach of the spectatoi-s, or, like a boy at his gyiiniastic 

 exercises, to assist it in climbing up to tiie perch. All this, however, was done with 

 great good-nature on lioth sides, and it was highly divei-ting to see the playful 

 innocence of the one, and the gravity witii whicli the other regarded it, like a fond 

 parent enjoying the innocent follies of a favourite cliilil." 



The Luuio Monkey {Cercupithccus hulio). 



The last of the guenons that we siiall notice is the ludio monkey, which is 

 another of the white-nosed group. Its fur is ])lack, profusely grizzled with grey ; 

 the chin, che.st, and the inner .sides of tlie upper arms being white ; while the temples, 

 nape of the neck, shouldei-s, and the greater portions of the limbs, as well as the 

 end of the tail, are pure black. The white spot on the nose has an oblong shape, 

 and is liigher than broad. 



The species is said to range into Central Africa. The red-eare<l monkey (C. 

 erythrotis), which is likewise West Afi-ican, ditiei-s from the other members of the 

 group in having red haire on the nose and cars. 



The Manuaisevs, or Wuite-Evelio Monkeys. 

 Genus Cercocehnx. 



The mangabeys, or, as they are often called, white-eyelid monkeys, coinpri.se a 

 small group of four West African species, which, while agreeing in all external char- 

 acters with the guenons, are distinguished by the presence of a projecting heel at the 

 hinder end of the last molar tooth on each side of the lower jaw, so that the crown 

 of this tooth carries five, in place of four tubercles. In this re.spect the mangabeys 

 agree with the gr'eat group of macaques, which folicnv ne.xt in the series; and on 

 this ground these monkeys have been separated from tiie guenons to form a distinct 

 genus under the name of Cercocehits. There has been much discussion as to the 

 advisability of thus separating the mangabeys, but it has at least the advantage of 

 somewhat restricting the unwieldy group of the guenons. 



The name Mangabey, it may be observed, is taken from the district Mangabe, 

 or Manongabe, in Madagascar, and was applied by the French naturalist Buftbn to 

 these monkeys, from the mistaken idea that they came from that island, which in 

 his time appears to ha\-e lieen a kind of refuge for the destitute, in regard to animals 

 who.se habitat was unknown. In spite, however, of this totally erroneous origin the 

 name is a convenient one, and has been subsequently almost uni\ersally adopted 

 for this gi-oup of monkeys. 



