542 QUADRUMANA. 



MARTIN'S MONKEY. 



CERCOPITHECUS MARTINI. (Cercopithecus Martini, WATERHOTTSE, in Proceedings Zool. Soc. 



1838, p. 58.) 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. Hairs of the body above, annulated with black and pale yellow; 



top of head, arms, and tail, blackish; throat and under parts, brownish grey. 

 LOCALITY. Fernando Po- 



DESCRIPTION. Of this animal two skins (No. 33 B, 33 B, a, in Suppl. 

 Cat. Mamm. 1839), exist in the museum of the Zoological Society : both 

 very nearly agree in colouring, but differ slightly in size ; the dimensions 

 are from the larger specimen. The face, hands, and feet, are, unfortu- 

 nately, wanting. It appears to be most nearly allied to Cere, nictitans ; 

 the hairs of the upper part of the body, however, are more distinctly 

 annulated, and the general tint is somewhat greyish ; each hair is grey at 

 the base, and has the apical portion black, with, generally, three yellowish 

 white rings ; the crown of the head and the fore-legs are black ; the 

 hind-legs are blackish, the hairs being but obscurely annulated; the 

 throat is dirty white ; the belly and inner side of the legs, at the base, 

 are of a brownish colour ; the tail is black above, and somewhat grizzled 

 at the sides ; at the base of the tail beneath there are some deep reddish 

 brown hairs ; the naked callosities are small ; the hairs on the fore-part 

 of the crown of the head are black, annulated with brownish white, and 

 so are those on the side of the face immediately below the ear ; the fur 

 is tolerably long, and but loosely applied to the body. 



In the smaller specimen the under parts of the body are somewhat 

 paler than those in the larger, being brownish grey. 



ft. in. 



Length of head and body 1 10 



Ditto tail 22 



GENERAL HISTORY. The habits and manners of this species, which 

 has but recently been added to the list of the Simiadae, are not ascertained. 

 The original, and, indeed, only specimens known, were obtained at 

 Fernando Po, by G. Knapp, Esq., and presented to the museum of the 

 Zoological Society, London. 



