QUADRUMANA. 



EAST AFEICAN COLOBUS. 



This Monkey is nearly as large an animal as the 

 Abyssinian, which it also greatly resembles, except that 

 the well-marked saddle is wanting. The colour is jet 

 black, except the fringe of long white fur on the shoulders 

 and the tip of the tail ; the rest of this long appendage 

 is black ; the tail is also slightly tufted. 



The fur is short and thick. 



ABYSSINIAN MONKEY. 



Colohus fiiicreza. 

 French : Singe d'Abyssinie. 



This most beautiful species of the JMonkey tribe is 

 also one of the largest, measuring about 2 to 2i- feet 

 long, not including the tail, which is about 4 feet in 

 length. 



Its rich black fur on the back is surrounded with ver}^ 

 long white silky hair in the form of a circle or saddle, 

 which gives this animal an unique appearance ; the only 

 other species where a similar circle is found are the 

 Wolverine and Musk Ox. 



The tail is black, and furnished at the end with a 

 beautiful thick white tuft ; in fact, the contrast of black 

 and white is very beautiful. 



The skins are extremely rare and much esteemed as a 



