THE GREEN MONKEY AND THE VERVET. 13 
The VERVEr is the last of the figures. This is rather a variable animal in 
point of colour, some specimens being decidedly pale, while others assume a 
blackish hue. In general, the colour of the animal is as follows. The 
GRIVET.— (Cercopithecus Engythithia.) 
prevailing tint of the fur is much the same as that of the Grivet, to which 
animal the Vervet bears a strong resembiance. The head, the throat, and 
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GREEN MONKEY. VERVET. 
(Cercopithecus sabeus.) (Cercopithecus pygerythrus.) 
breast are of a light dun, the paws being very dark. In the male Vervet the 
canines are rather long, and show their points beyond the lips. 
MACAQUES. 
The various species of monkeys which are ranged under the common title 
of MACAQUES are mostly well-known animals ; being plentiful in their native 
lands, and frequently domesticated both in their own and ia foreign 
countries, : 
