MACAQUE AND EGRET. 143 



ger, and others much fmaller, fuch as that of 

 the following. 



The egret feems to be only a variety of 

 the macaque : He is about one third lefs in all 

 his dimenfions. Inftead of a fmall creft of hair 

 on the top of the head, as in the macaque, the 

 egret has an ere£l, pointed tuft. The hair on his 

 front is black ; but that on the front of the ma- 

 caque is greenifh. The tail of the egret is like- 

 wife proportionally larger than that of the ma- 

 caque. The females of both kinds have perio- 

 dic evacuations. 



The 



