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THE WING-WHISKERED MONKEY. 



SEMNOP1THECUS CEPHALOPTERUS. 



Lion-tailed Monkey /3 PENNANT, Synopsis, p. 109, tab. xiv. fig. 2. J771. 



Cercopithecus cephalopterus . . ZIMMERMANN, Geograph. Gesch. ii. pi. 185. 1780. 



Guenon a face pourpre BUFFON, Supp. vii. p. 80, pi. 21. 1789. 



Purple-faced Monkey ...... PENNANT, Hist. Quad. vol. i. p. 187, pi. 21. 1793. 



Simia dentata SHAW, Gen. Zool. i. p. 24. 1800. (?) 



Cercopithecus latibarbatus . . . GEOFFROY, Ann. du Mus. xix. p. 96. 1812. 



Cercopithecus latibarbatus . . . KUHL, Beitr. 1820. 



Cercopithecus latibarbatus . . . DESMAREST, Mamm. 1820. 



Cercopithecus leucoprymnus . . OTTO, Nova Acta Acad. Nat. Cur. xii. 1825. 



Semnopithecus fulvo-griseus . . DESMOULINS, Diet. Classique, vii. 



Simia leucoprymna, et Simia cephaloptera, FISCHER, Syn. Mamm. p. 16, 17. 1829. 



Semnopithecus Nestor BENNETT, in Proceed. Zool. Soc. p. 67. 1833. 



Semnopithecus leucoprymnus, et Semnopithecus Nestor, LESSON, Species des Mamm. 1840. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. Colour fuliginous, becoming black on the limbs ; beard large, 

 pointed, and whitish ; head, brownish grey ; crupper and tail, grey ; the latter, at 

 the apex, whitish, and tufted ; face blackish, with a tinge of purple. 



LOCALITY. Ceylon. 



DESCRIPTION. The general colour of this species is fuliginous, or deep 

 blackish grey, passing into black on the hands and feet; the lower part of 



