536 QUADRUMANA. 



The hairs on the upper parts of the body are black, annulated with 

 yellow ; on the hinder part of the back the yellow assumes a deep golden 

 hue, but, unlike what occurs in the Moustache Monkey, the black 

 prevails over the yellow. On the sides of the body and the outer side 

 of the hinder legs, the hairs are greyish ; and on the belly and inner side 

 of the limbs, they are greyish white. The fore legs are blackish ex- 

 ternally ; a dark mark extends backward from the eye to the ear ; below 

 this, on the cheeks, there is a tuft of white hairs, beneath which the hairs 

 are grizzled black and yellow, there being, in these respects, a close 

 resemblance to the Moustache Monkey. The ears are furnished, in- 

 ternally, with bright ferruginous hairs ; the tail is bright rufous, with a 

 dusky black line extending down its upper surface. The face is imperfect, 

 and the feet have been removed from the skin ; these parts, therefore, 

 cannot be described. 



ft. in. 



Length of head and body i . 1 5 



Ditto tail 1 11 



This beautiful little species is about the same size as the Moustache 

 Monkey (Cere, cephus), and has undoubtedly a close affinity to that 

 animal ; it may, however, be distinguished by the bright rusty-red hairs, 

 which cover the ears internally, by its brilliant red tail, and by the hairs 

 below the root of the latter being also of a bright red. 



GENERAL HISTORY. Of the habits and manners of this species 

 nothing is known. It is a native of the forests of Fernando Po ; and a 

 single specimen, presented to the museum of the Zoological Society, 

 London, by G. Knapp, Esq., is the only one in the collections of Europe. 



THE WHITE-NOSED MONKEY, OR HOCHEUR. 



CERCOPITHECUS NIC TITANS. (Cercopithecus niclitans, ERXLEBEN, Syst. Regn. An. 1777.) 



Cercopithecus Angolensis alius . MARCGRAVE, Hist. Rer. Nat. Braz. 227. 1648. 



Simla niclitans LINN^US, Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 1766. 



Winking M onJcey PENNANT, Synops. 1771. 



Guenon a nez blanc preeminent BUFFON, Hist. Nat. Supp. vii. c. fig. tab. xviii. 1789. 



White-nosed Monkey PENNANT, Quadrup. 1793. 



Hocheur AUDEBERT, Hist, des Sing, et Mak. Fam. iv. sect. i. pi. 2. 



1797. 



Cercopithecus nictitans GEOFFROY, Ann. du Mus. xix. 1812. 



Lasiopyga nictitans ILLIGER, Prod. Syst. i. 1812. 



Cercopithecus nictitans KUHL, Beitr. 1820. 



Cercopithecus nictitans DESMAREST, Mamm. p. 58. 1820. 



Hocheur F. CUVIER, Mamm. c. fig. 1825. 



Simla nictitans FISCHER, Synops. Mamm. p. 18. 1829. 



Cercopithecus nictitans LESSON, Species des Mamm. p. 75. 1840. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. General colour, black, freckled with white ; limbs, black ; 



whiskers, ample ; chin, beardless ; nose, white. 

 LOCALITY. Guinea. 



