ABYSSINIAN MONKEY. 5 



fur ; the value of a good skin is about 10s. to 15s. The 

 skin is used as a covering to shields by the natives. 



The Guereza inhabits Abyssinia. 



There is a mountain variety of this animal described 

 by Mr. 0. Thomas, P.Z.S. fo. 219, 1885. The skins were 

 procured by Mr. Johnston from Mount Kilimanjaro, in 

 East Central Africa. The tail in these specimens was 



extremely thick and bushy, with individual hairs of the 

 great length of 7 to 9 inches ; the hairs of the body 

 mantle, moreover, cover the black at the base of the tail. 

 The thickness and fineness of the fur and greater 

 length of hair on body and tail, besides the greater 

 abundance of white, is produced by the cold altitude 

 where this variety is found. 



