The M A C A QJJ E or Hare-lipped 

 MONKEY *, and the EGRETf 



OF all the guenons, or mortkeys with long 

 tails, the macaque makes the neareft ap- 

 proach to the baboons. Like them, his body is 



fhort 



• Hare- lipped monkey, with the noftrils divided like thofe 

 of a liare ; nofe thick, flat and wrinkled ; head large ; eyes 

 fmall ; teeth very white ; body thick and clumfy ; buttocks 

 naked ; tail long ; colour varies, fometimes like that of a wolf, 

 but others are brown, tinged with yellow or olive. The tail 

 is rather fhorter than the body, and is always carried arched { 

 Penaciat's Sympf. of quad. [>■ III. 



Cercopithecus Angolenlis major, macaqno ; Marcgrave, 

 Brafil. p. zz-j. Rati Synopf. quad. p. 155. Kki/i. quad. p. Sc). 



Cercopithecus cynocephalus, naribus bifidis elatis, natibus 

 calvis ; Brijjfon. quad. p. 15:2. 



Simla cynomolgus, caudata, imberbis, naribus bifidis elatis, 

 Cauda arcuata, natibus calvis ; Linn. Syji. Nat. p. 38. 



Simia jEgyptiaca, cauJa elongata, clunibus tuberofis nudis ; 

 HaffdquiJ}. Here the epithet /Egpliacu is improperly applied ; 

 for TEgypt is not the native country ot any fpecies of monkeys. 

 Etfi in jEgypto nullum fimiarum genus nafcatur, cujutlibet 

 tamen generis et ex Arabia fclici, et ex ^Ethiopia immenfoe 

 mercaturac caufa illuc convehuntur ; Prcfper. Aipin. HiJJ. 

 /Egypt, lib. 4. />. 240. 



f The egret monkey, with a long face, and an upright 

 fliarp pointed tuft on the top of the head ; hair on the fore 

 head black ; the tuft and upper part of the body lii;ht gray ; 

 eye-brows large ; beard fmall. It is of the fize of a fmall cat ; 

 PmnanCs Synopf. cf quad. / . 1 1 6. 



Simia aygula, caudata, fubimberbis, grifea, eminentia pi- 

 lofa vcrticis revcrfii longitudinali ; Linn, Syji. Kat. p. 59. Of- 

 ieck's voyage, vol. I. p. 15 1. 



Gercopithecu = 



