Txhe PATAS *, or red MONKEY. 



THE Patas belongs to the fame ccuntryj 

 and is nearly of the fame fize with the 

 macaque ; but his body is longer, his face lels 

 hideous, and his hair more boutiful. He is re- i 

 markable for the brilliancy of his robe, which is 

 of fo vivid a red as to have the appearance of 

 fceiitg painted. We have feen two varieties of 

 this fpecies. The firft has a black line above the 

 eyes, which extends from ear to ear. The fe- 

 cond differs from the firft only in the colour of 

 this line, which is white. Both have longhair 

 under the chin and round the cheeks, which 

 makes a fine beard : But, in the firft, it is yel- 

 low, and, in the fecond, white. This variety 

 feemsto indicate others in the colour of the hair ; 

 and I am inclined to think, that the monkev 



mentioirj. 



• The n^meof this monkey in Senegal, its native counir 

 It is commonly called the red ape of Senegal. 



Brue found in Tabao a new fpecies of ape, offo livel) ,• 

 red colour, that a perfon would have imagined it to he palm- 

 ed. The Negroes call it Pjt.is ; Rebt. dc Brue, Hiji. gen, des 

 voyages, lorn. 2. p. 520. 



Red monjcey with a long nofe ; eyes funk in the head ; ears 

 furnilhed with pretty long hairs ; body flender : Over each 

 eye, from ear to ear, extends a black line : The upper part of 

 the body of a moll beautiful and bright bay, ahnofl red, fo 

 vivid as to appear painted ; the lower pans alh-coloiir, tin- 

 ged with yellow. The tail is not fo long as the body, the 

 length of which is about one foot fii inches ; Pinaanfs ^)- 

 7iopf. of itiad, f, I iC. 



