272 QUADRUMAXA. 



This species is from one to two feet long exclusive of the 

 tail which will measure fully two feet. The long black 

 silky hair on the back is from two to four inches long, and 

 in some cases is divided b}- a natural part in the center. 

 In some localities the hair is coarse and harsh and the 

 skins consequently are of less value. The tail of this 

 animal is white and slightly tufted, and the beard, cheeks 

 and the long fringe around the black face are also pure 

 white and there is a white spot on the chest. The legs and 

 feet are black, but the sparse short hair on the thighs and 

 rump is of a greyish white color. The skins of the Ursini 

 Colobus (Colobus-ursinius), from Sierra Lerone, are also 

 sold as Black Monkeys, but they are smaller and harsher 

 and only a small quantity are marketed. 



The Abyssinian Monkey (Colobus-guereza), whose home 

 is in the mountains of East Central Africa, is one of the 

 largest and the most beautiful of all the true Monkeys. 

 The skins measure from two to two and one-half feet, 

 exclusive of the four-foot tail ; the long silky white hair is 

 marked with a black saddle on the back, and the thick bushy 

 black tail has a beautiful long Avhite tuft on the end. The 

 legs are all black, but the black face is surrounded by a 

 white fringe. The skins are highly prized but they are 

 very rare. 



The skins of the Grey ^Monkey of the west coast of 

 Africa, also known as the Diana Monkey (Ceropithecus 

 diana), are much more common in the fur markets than 

 those of the Abyssinian ^Monkey. It is almost eighteen 

 inches long with a black tail twice the length of the body. 

 The color of the back is a bright chestnut brown, the 

 sides are grizzly, and the cheeks, chest and belly, white. 

 A white beard, and a w^hite line on the forehead, as well 

 as one on the thighs separating the black extremities from 

 the brown and silvery body, help to give a striking ap- 

 pearance to this animal. 



The fur of the Blue Monkey or Mountain Entellus of the 

 Himalayas (Semnopithicus-schistanus), is highly esteemed. 

 The hair is three inches long, dense and silky, and varies 

 in color from a bluish grey in some specimens to a dark 

 grey in others ; the belly being lighter in color than the back 

 and almost bare. There is a white tuft on the two-foot 

 tail, and a crest of black fur between the eves. The 



