72 MAMMALIA. PRIMATES. Monkeys. 



The head, back, arms, legs, and tail, are covered with longifh, loofe, dufky, black hair ; the 

 breaft, belly, and infides of the thighs, are of a dufky flefh colour, and almoft naked ; the head is 

 roundifh ; the fkin of the face is tawny, and thinly covered with black hair ; the ears are like thofe 

 of man ; the four paws are covered with foft black fkin, having very little hah-. This variety is 

 about the fize of a large cat, and is gentle and playful in its manners. 



J2 19. Agile Monkey. — 30. S. Cercopithecus petauriftus. 44. 



Is bearded : The back, upper part of the tail, and outer fides of the legs, are of a very 

 dark blackifh olive colour ; and the face is black, having a triangular white fpot on 

 the nofe. 



Blanc-nez. Allamand, ed. of Buffon, xiv. p. 141. t. 39 Simia petaurifta. Schreber, iJ 103. 



tab. xix. B. 



Inhabits Guinea.— A gentle and docile animal, about thirteen inches long from the muzzle to the 

 rump, and having a^ tail near twenty inches long. 



5$ 20. Negro Monkey. — 31. S. Cercopithecus maurus. 45. 



The cheeks, and the whole face, are bearded, except the eyebrows, the fpace between 

 the eyes, and the point of the nofe : The body is of a reddifh-brown colour. 



Middle fized black monkey. Edw. av. 3. p. 221. t. 311. — Small ape, fimiolus, from Ceylon. 

 Scba, thef. i. 77. t. 48. — Negro monkey. Penn. H. of Q\_n. 100. — Simia maura. Schreber, i. 107. 

 tab. xxii. B. 



Inhabits Ceylon and Guinea. — This is an active little animal, about the fize of a fmall cat, being 

 only feven inches high, when fitting, and the tail is longer than the body : It has a round head, 

 with a fharp muzzle, and a tawny flefh-coloured face, having a few fcattered black hairs; the body, 

 limbs, and tail, are black and hairy ; the breaft and belly are of a tawny flefh-colour, and almoft 

 naked ; the feet and hands are black, naked, and foft. — This fpecies feems to agree very much with 

 the black variety of Talapoin, No. 51.; infomuch that there can be little doubt of both defcrip- 

 tions referring to the fame animal, or at leaft to different varieties of the fame fpecies. — T. 



54 21. Roloway. — 32. S. Cercopithecus Roloivay. 46. 



Has a beard : The head, back, and outfides of the hands and feet, are black ; the in- 

 fide of the hands and feet, the belly, and a circular beard round the triangular face 5 

 are white. 

 Palatine, or roloway. Allamand, ed, of Buffon, xv. 77. t. 13. Pen. H. of Q;_n. 90. 



Inhabits Guinea. — A gentle animal, about a foot and a half from muzzle to rump, with a tail 

 nearly of the fame length ; the face is triangular, black, naked, and is bordered all round with 

 hairs ; and the chin is provided with a long forked beard. 



55 22. Long-nofed Monkey. — S. Cercopithecus nafuus. 



Has a long, ilender, naked, and flefh-coloured, projecting face and muzzle, and no beard. 

 Perm. H. of Q^n. 93. pi. xxiii. fig. 1. 



