The CALLITRIX, or GREEN^ 

 MONKEY* 



CALLITRIX is a term employed by Ho- 

 mer, to denote, in general, the beautiful 

 colour of the hair of animals. It was not till 

 feveral ages after Homer's time, that the Greeks 

 applied this name to particular fpecies of mon- 

 keys. Its application to the animal under con- 

 fideration is peculiarly proper. The body is of 

 a beautiful green colour, the throat and belly 

 are white, and the face is of a fine black. He 

 is found in Mauritania, and in the territories 

 of ancient Carthage. Hence it is probable that 

 he was known to the Greeks and Romans, and 



that 



• Green monkey, with a black and flattifli face, the fiJes 

 of it bounded by long white hairs, falling backwards, and 

 almod covering the ears, which are black, and like the hu- 

 man ; head, limbs, and whole upper part of tlie body and 

 tail, covered with foft hairs, of a yellowifh green colour 

 at their ends, and cinereous at their roots ; under fide of the 

 body and tail, and inner fide of the limbs, of a filvery co- 

 lour, tail very long and flender ; fize of a fmall cat ; Pen- 

 nant's fyncpj. of quad. p. 1 1 3. 



Simius callitrichus ; Proper. Alpir.. Egpyt. vol. I. 



Simia Sabaea, candata, imberbis, facie atra, cauda cinerea, 

 natibus calvis ; Linn. f;:jl. nat. p. 38. 



Cercopithecus ex cincrco flavefcens, genis ^ngis pilis albis 

 obfitis ; BriJJin. quad. p. 145. 



Green monkey ; Ed'.uards's Gleanings, p. 10. 



In the Cape de Verd iflands, there are apes with a long tail, 

 and a black face ; Dampier's voyage, 'torn. 4. 



