THE MUSTACHE *. 



THE muftache feems to belong to the fame 

 country as the macaque ; becaule, like the 

 latter, his body is fliorter and more fquat than 

 in the other monkeys. It is probably the fame 

 animal which the voyagers to Guiney have cal- 

 led ivhite-nofe'\ ; becaufe the lips below the 

 nofe are of a bright white colour, and the reft 

 of the face is of a blackifli blue. There are al- 

 fo two tufts of yellow hair under the ears, which 



L 2 give 



* Muftache monkey, with a lliort nofe, the end marked 

 with a tranfverfe line of pure white ; the face naked, and of 

 a dulky bkie ; on ihe cheeks, before the eyes, two large tufts 

 of yellov/ hairs, like muftaches ; the hair on the top of the 

 head long and upright ; round the mouth are fome black 

 hairs ; the colour of the hair on the head yellow, on the 

 body and limbs, a mixture of red and afli-colour ; the reft yel- 

 lov; i!h ; the under part of the body paler than the upper; 

 the feet black ; the nails flat : Its length one foot, that of 

 the tail eighteen inches ; Pinnmifs SynopJ'. of quad. p. i [4. 



Cercopithecus alius, Guineenfis ; Mjrcgr. Brafil. p. 228. 

 Rait fynopf. quad. p. 1 56. 



Simla cephus, caudata, buccis barbatis, vertice flavefcentc, 

 pedibus nigris, cauda apice ferruginea ; lAiin. Syjl. Nat. p. 

 114. 



Cercopithecus nigricans, genis et auriculis longis piiis ex al- 

 bo flavicantibus oblitis, ore caerulcfccnte ; Briton, quad. p. 146. 



f There are other apes on the Gold coaft, which are 

 called 'vjhite-'nofei, becaufe that is the only part of their body 

 which is white. They are ferocious and {linking animals; 

 Relat. d'/l-tui, Hijl. gen. da Voyages, tout. 4. /. 238. 



