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Molossus tropidorhynchus Gray. 



Molossus tropidorhynchus Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist., 1839, 4, p. 6. 



This very small Molossus (forearm 33) is known from Cuba only. 

 It may there represent the little black M . crassicaudatus of the Lesser 

 Antilles. It was found abundantly by Palmer under a tiled roof at 

 Pinar del Rio in the western end of the island, as also at El Cobre. 



CERCOPITHECIDAE. 



Cercopithecus mona (Schreber). 



Simla mona Schreber, Saugethiere, 1774, 1, p. 97, pi. 15. 



In the island of Grenada this monkey is found in small numbers 

 and has evidently been introduced from the Cameroons or some 

 adjacent part of West Africa. It has apparently been established 

 here for a considerable period for all the persons of whom I made 

 inquiries agreed that it had been there as long as they could remember. 

 Possibly it was brought by the slave traders early in the last century. 

 From inquiries and observations it appears that these monkeys are 

 confined to the heavy primeval forest, a small area of which now 

 remains on the hills in the interior of the island. During our week's 

 stay at Grand Etang in the midst of this forest we noted two bands 

 of these monkeys in the neighboring woods. The one was usually 

 to be found among the lofty trees on the westerly shore of the lake — 

 the Grand Etang. The other frequented the valley across the divide 

 nearby to the south. Apparently there was also a third band in the 

 forest east of the lake. I could learn nothing corroborative of various 

 vague reports of the damage done by these animals to cocoa planta- 

 tions and vegetable gardens near the woods. During the time of 

 our stay, at all events, they were feeding on the nut-like fruits of 

 certain large forest trees, of which they seem very fond. Notwith- 

 standing the length of time that these monkeys must have been in 

 the island, they seem not to have multiplied very greatly. They 

 are usually rather shy and alert, although at times, prompted perhaps 

 by curiosity, a few may steal quietly into the trees near the Grand 

 Etang rest-house, but at once retreat to the forest if alarmed. Each 

 of the bands observed appeared to have its own feeding ground over 

 which it ranged. With caution it is often possible to approach close 



