THE MONKEY 



Proboscis Monkey. 



A Pinche. 



Full Bottomed Monkey. 



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Barbary Ape. 



One of the most curious of African Monkeys is the Full Bottom, so called from the resemblance of the 

 hair about his head to a full bottomed wig. It is very handsome. The head and upper part of the body 

 are covered with yellow hair, falling over the shoulders and forming a kind of hood and pelerine. The 

 face is brown, and the rest of the body is covered with very short close hair of a jet-black color which 

 sets off the snow-white tail, which is much longer than the body and not prehensile. It lives in the forests 

 of Sierra Leone, where the natives give it the name of the "King of the Monkeys," apparently, says 

 Desmarest, on account of the beauty of its colors, and its "eamail." which represents a sort of diadem. 

 They attach great value to its fur, of which they make ornaments, and apply it to various purposes. 



The Barbary Ape, which grows to the height of nearly four feet, is remarkable for docility, and, by 

 force of discipline, is made to exhibit considerable intelligence. Its general color is a palish olive-brown ; 

 the face is a swarthy flesh color It is common in Barbary and the lower parts of Africa, and is also found 

 in considerable numbers on the Rock of Gibraltar. This species was well known to the ancients, and it has 

 been the " showman's ape" from time immemorial. Though morose and sullen in confinement, it is repre- 

 sented as social, active and courageous in its wild state, and is particularly distinguished for its attachment 

 to its young, 



The Pinche is found in great numbers in Colombia, South America. It is a small animal (which is 

 indeed the character of the genus,) being only about seven inches long in the body, but having at least 

 twelve inches of tail. One of the most remarkable traits in the appearance of Pinche is the very long 

 white hair on the top of the head, which falling backwards and laterally, forms a complete hood. All the 

 undjgr parts of the body and the insides of the legs are also white. The outsides of the legs, the buttocks 

 and the basal half of the tail, are bright rusty red; and the terminal half of the tail is black. The back-is 

 covered with black hairs having yellowish olive points. 



The Proboscis Monkey is a native of Borneo. It is remarkable for the extraordinary 'size and shape of 

 its nose, and the natives relate that while leaping it holds that organ with its paws, apparently to guard it 

 against the branches. The length of its head ami body is two feet. 



