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Its place is uncertain, but believed to be from Africa. — The face is long, naked, and flefh colour- 

 ed, with a projecting Mender muzzle ; and the head is covered with thick longiih hair, which fills 

 backwards, through which the ears, which are fmall, pointed, and fomewhat naked, project ; the 

 hair on the upper part of the body and limbs is long, and of a pale rufty brown colour, mixed 

 with black, as is the hair on the head ; that on the breaft and belly is of a light afh colour ; when 

 fitting, the height is about two feet, and the tail is very long : This is a good natured animal, ha- 

 ving a face very like that of a long nofed dog, but is very little known : The description is taken 

 from a drawing by Mr Paillou, a painter of animals. 



q6 23. Prude. — S. Cercopithecus capijlratus. 



Under this name Mr Pennant has figured a long tailed and long vifaged monkey, 

 which he thinks may pofiibly be related to the former animal, but of which he gives 

 no defcription. Penn. hift. of quad. p. 187. pi. 23. f. 2. 



57 24. Yellowifh Monkey. — S. Cercopithecus luteolus. 



Has very large tufks; large, black, naked ears, and long pale yellow locks on the cheeks 

 fhed backwards. Leverian Muf. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 94. 



Is fuppofed to inhabit Guinea. — The face is black, having long hairs above each eye; the throat 

 and breaft are of a yellowifh white ; the crown of the head, upper part of the body, arms, and 

 thighs, of an afh colour, mixed with yellow ; on the lower part of the arms and legs, and on the 

 tail, the afh colour prevails; the hair on the body is coarfe*, and the tail is as long as the body : It 

 js about the fize of a fox. 



j 8 25. Tawny Monkey. — S. Cercopithecus fulvus. 



•Has long tufks in the lower jaw; the vifage is long and flefh coloured, with flelh co- 

 loured ears, and a flattifh nofe. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 108. 



Inhabits India. — This is a very ill natured animal, about the fize of a cat; it was lately in the pof- 

 feffion of Mr Brook, an animal merchant and exhibitor in London : The upper parts of the body are 

 covered with a pale tawny coloured fur, which is afh coloured at the roots ; the hinder part of the 

 back is orange coloured, the legs afh coloured, the belly white, and the tail fhorter than the body. 



50 26. Greenifh Monkey. — 5. Cercopithecus viridens. 



Has a black face, long black hairs on the cheeks, a pale green coloured body, grey 

 limbs, and a dufky coloured tail. Penn. hift. of quad. p. 197. 



Its place unknown. —This animal, which Mi- Pennant considers as a variety of the Tawny Mon- 

 key, was communicated to that celebrated naturalift by Mr Paillou. 



60 27. Hircine Monkey. — S. Cercopithecus hircinus. 



Has a naked blue face, obliquely ribbed ; a long, goat like beard, and a long tail ; the 

 boJy and limbs are of a deep brown colour. 



Goat monkev. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 1 00. 

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