MAMMALIA. PRIMATES. Monkeys. ji 



black band extends from the eyes to the ears, and thence to the ihouklers and arms ; the hair on 

 the body is a reddifh black ; the belly and infides of the thighs are whitifh; the outfide of the legs 

 and feet are black ; the tail is greyifh-brown, with two white fpots on each fide of the rump : It 

 walks on all fours, and the females menftruate. One kept by Buftbn, for feveral years, was very 

 traftable, and became much attached to his acquaintance, but was Ihy, and even ill tempered, to 

 ftrangers; it eat of every thing, roafted meat, bread, and particularly fruits, and fearchcd for fpi- 

 ders, ants, and other infects. 



17. Patas. — 28. S. Cercopithecus ruber. 42. 



Has a beard on the cheeks : The top of the head, back, and tail, are of a blood-red 

 colour. 



Patas, or red monkey. Sm. Buff. viii. 144. pi. cclxvi. cclxvii. — Red monkey. Penn. H. of 

 Q^n. 103. — Simian rubra. Schreber, i. 98. tab. xvi. 



a. Black-banded Patas.—- S. Cercopithccus ruber nigro-Jafciatus. 

 Has a black band over the eyes, and a yellow beard. 



/2. White-banded Pa.tas. — S. Cercopithecus ruber albo-fafciatus. 



Has a white band over the eyes, and a white beard. 



Inhabits Senegal, Congo, and the other hot parts of Africa. — Thefe two animals are only varie- 

 ties of the fame fpecies : Both have cheek-pouches, and callofities on the buttocks ; the top of the 

 head is flat, and the muzzle, body, and legs, are long ; in both, the hair on the upper parts of the 

 body is of a brilliant red colour, fo vivid as to appear painted ; and that on the under parts, as the 

 throat, breaft, and belly, is of a yellow grey colour ; both have long hair under the chin and round 

 the cheeks, forming a fine beard, which is yellow in the firfl variety, and white in the fecond. In all • 

 probability there are other varieties of this fpecies, fome of them a good deal larger than thofe now 

 defcribed. In the firft variety, a black line extends over the eyes from ear to ear ; and in the fe- 

 cond this line is white. This fpecies walks moftly on all fours, and is about a foot and a half, or 

 two feet, in length from the muzzle to the origin of the tail, which is longer than the body. The 

 females menftruate. 



J 8. Talapoin. — 29. &. Cercopithecus Talapoin. 43. 



Has a beard on the chin and cheeks : The ears, nofe, and foles of the feet, are black. 

 Talapoin. Sm. Buff. viii. 165. pi. cclxxv. Schreber, i. 101. tab. xvii. Penn. H. of Q^n. 99. 



Inhabits India. — This fpecies is about a foot long from nofe to rump, and the tail is near eighteen 

 inches in length •, it has cheek-pouches, and callofities on the buttocks ; is of a beautiful figure, 

 and brownifh green colour, with the tip of the nofe black. 



/3- Black Talapoin. — S. Cercopithecus Talapoin niger. 

 Like the former, but of a black colour. Edw. gleanings, 22.1. Bofman's voyage, 258. 



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