TheMALBROUCK*, andCHI- 

 NESE-BONNETf. 



THESE two monkeys feem to be of the 

 fame fpecies, which, though different in 

 fome refpeds from that of the macaque, makes 

 fo near an approach to it, that we are doubtful 

 whether the macaque, the egret, the malbrouck, 

 and the Chinefe-bonnet, are four varieties only,/ 

 or permanent races, of the fame fpecies. As 

 thefe animals produce not in our climate, we 

 cannot acfertain the identity or diverfity of their 

 fpecies, but muft judge from the differences in 

 their figure and external qualities. The macaqu 

 and the egret are fo fimilar, that we prefume 

 them to be one fpecies. It is the fame with the3' 

 malbrouck and Chinefe-bonnet. But, as the] 

 latter differ from the former more than the 

 differ between themfelves, we thought it beft t 

 feparate them. 



Our prefumption, with regard to the diverfity 

 of thefe two fpecies, is founded, i. On the dif- 

 ference 



• The name of this animal in Bengal, its native country. 



Cercopiihecus primus Clulii, p. 37. Clullus is wrong \Yhcn 

 he fays, that this monkey's tail terminates in a tuft. ] 



f Chinefc monkey with a long fmooth nofe, of awhitifhj. 

 colour ; hair on the crown of the head long, lying flat, and 

 parted like that of a man ; colour, a pale cinereous brown| « 

 Pennanfs S\>iopf. of quad p. 117. 



RiUow ; Knex's Ceylon, p. 26. 



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