6BEEN MOITKEYS. The artist has put life and action into the above picture, which shows a troop of Green Monkeys fleeing from a 



field of grain they have been robbing, a species of thievery of whfch these monkeys are very fond. The knave in the foreground has an ear of 

 corn in his left foot as well as in his left hand, and while making rapid progress is tenaciously holding on to his booty. Just behind him a mother 

 is reaching out for her young one ; and on the fence an old male stands guard, while the other members of the troop are escaping for their lives. 

 The Green Monkeys are natives of Senegal and jealously protect their territory from other monkeys. Some of this family are said to have been 

 brought over to the Island of St. Kitts, where they thrive, bemg the only Old World Monkeys living in a wild state in America. They are also 

 sometimes called Beautiful Haired Monkeys, because df the delicate marking of each separate hair of their fur. The under portion of the body 

 and limbs is nearly white, the outer part of the limbs is of a grayish shading, while the hair on the side of the face is a golden yellow. Manj^ 

 Green Monkeys have been taken to Europe and brought to the United States. {Cercopithecus sabaeus.) 



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