SIMIA. 



hands are purple ; the tail is long, ending in a dirty white 

 tuft. 



Faunus ; Malbrouck. This fpecies is bearded ; the 

 tail is bufliy at the end ; it is an inhabitant of Bengal ; the 

 face is grey ; the eyes are large ; the eye-lids are flefh- 

 coloured ; forehead with a grey band, inftead of eye-brows ; 

 the ears arc large, thin, flefh-coloured ; body is blackilh ; 

 the bread and belly are white ; the beard is hoary and 

 pointed : it is fcarcely a foot high. 



Cynomolgus ; Long-tailed, beardlefs monkey, \vith 

 callofities behind, rifing bifid noftrils, and arched tail. This 

 by Pennant is called the Hare-lipped monkey, who includes 

 in the fpecies the cynomolgus and cynocephalus of Linnaeus. 

 It is of a thick clumfy form, refembling the Barbary ape, 

 except m having a long tail. It varies in fize very greatly ; 

 fome fpecimens fcarcely exceed the fize of a cat, while 

 others are full as large as a grey-hound. The colour alfo 

 is various, being fometimes olive-brown, at other times 

 grey-brown. The head is large ; the eyes are fmall ; the 

 iiofe thick, flat, and wrinkled ; on each fide the tail is a 

 bare fpace ; the under fides of the body, and the infides of 

 the limbs, of a light afli-colour. It is a native of Guinea 

 and Angola. The noftrils are divided like thofe of a hare. 



Cynocephalus ; Dog Monkey. This has no beard ; 

 it is of a yellowifh colour, has a projefting mouth, a ftraight 

 tail, and bald haunches. It is found in divers parts of 

 Africa, and refembles the S. inuus, except that it has a tail. 



Diana ; Spotted Monkey. This fpecies is bearded ; 

 the forehead is projefting ; the beard is pointed. This is 

 defcribed by Mr. Pennant as of a middhng fize, and of a 

 reddiih colour on the upper parts, as if finged, and marked 

 with white fpecks ; the belly and chin are whitilh ; the tail 

 is long. According to Linn;eus, it is of the fize of a large 

 cat, and is black, fpotted with white ; the hind part of the 

 back is ferruginous ; the face is black ; from the top of 

 the nofe is a white line, palling over each eye to the ears in 

 an arched direftion. 



Sab.?;a ; Green Monkey. This animal has no beard ; it 

 is of a yellowiih-green colour ; the face is black ; the tail 

 is grey ; the haunches naked. It inhabits the Cape de Verd 

 iflands, the Cape of Good Hope, and other neighbouring 

 countries. The body in the upper parts is a mixture 

 of grey, green, and yellowifh ; throat, breaft, belly, and 

 thighs are white ; the hairs are long and reverfed ; the 

 eye-brows are black and briftly ; the tail is ilraight, as 

 long as the body, and hoary ; the feet are cinereous ; the 

 nails round, thofe of the hands ovate. It is about the fize 

 of a cat. 



Cephus ; Mouftache. Tailed; cheeks bearded ; crown 

 yellowidi ; feet black ; tail rufty at the point. It inhabits 

 Guinea. The body above is brown ; beneath it is of a 

 bineiih-white ; the head with white ereft hairs ; eye-brows 

 with a white tranfverle arch ; upper eye-lids white ; hair on 

 the checks ftanding out ; the mouth is blueilh ; under the 

 ears are two large tufts of yellow hairs, like muftachios. 



^THiops ; White eye-lidded Monkey. This is without 

 tail and beard ; the fore-top is white, ereft ; the arch of 

 the forehead is white. There is a variety, of which the 

 neck and cheeks are furrounded with a broad collar of 

 white hair. It is found in Madagafcar. Its face is thick 

 and broad ; the eyes are Uiriouniled by a prominent ring ; 

 the eye-lids are naked, very white ; the ears are black, 

 almoit naked ; the tail is arched, covered with long bufhy 

 hair : it is about eighteen inches high. 



Aygula ; Egret. This is tailed, the beard is fcanty ; 

 the colour is grey ; crown with an ereft tuft of hair revcrled 



longitudinally. It inhabits India and Java. The body is a 

 good deal like that of a wolf ; the throat, breaft, and belly 

 whitilh ; the tail is longer than the body, cinereous, and ta- 

 pering ; the face is flattilh, whitilh, naked ; the nofe is de- 

 prefled, (hort, and dillant from the mouth, with a double fur- 

 row on the upper hp ; the cheeks are a little bearded ; the 

 hairs are turned back ; the eye-brows are gibbous, briftly, 

 prominent ; the feet are black, femi-palmate ; the nails of 

 the thumbs and great toes are rounded, the reft oblong ; 

 the ears are pointed ; an arched future from the ears to- 

 wards the eyes and back to the bafe of the lower jaw, and 

 a longitudinal feam on the fore-arm. There is a variety 

 that has a rounder head ; the face is lefs black ; the body 

 ii of a paler brown. 



NiCTiTANs. Tailed, beardlefs, black, fprinkled with 

 pale fpots ; the nofe is white ; the thumb very fhort ; the 

 haunches are covered. This is called the Nodding monkey. 

 There is a variety of it having a long white beard. It 

 inhabits Guinea, is playful, and continually nodding its 

 head. The face is hairy ; the mouth (hort ; the orbits 

 naked ; the irids of a pale yellow ; the hair is black, 

 with a few pale rings ; lips and chin whitifti ; the tail is 

 ftraight, cylindrical, longer than the body ; the thumb is 

 not longer than the firft joint of the fore-finger. 



SiNiCA ; Chinefe Monkey. Tailed, beardlefs ; fore- 

 top horizontally placed, and fhading the whole head. 

 There is a fore-top ereft, having the appearance of a round 

 black bonnet ; the body is brown ; the legs and arms 

 bbck. The fpecies is found in Bengal, and the variety in 

 India. The tail is longer than the body ; the nails of the 

 thumbs and great toes are rounded, the reft oblong ; the 

 upper parts of the body are pale brown, mixed with yellow ; 

 the lower whitifh. It is about the fize of a cat. 



Nem^eus ; Cochinchina Monkey. This is without tail 

 and beard ; the cheeks are bearded ; and the tail white. 

 It inhabits, as its trivial name imports, Cochinchina ; 

 alfo Madagafcar, and other places. The face and ears are 

 of a light red ; the forehead is marked with a double 

 brown band, covered with black hair ; the hair furrounding 

 the face is whitilh, mixed with yellow ; neck, on the upper 

 part, with a wreath of the fame colour as that of the fore- 

 head ; the (houlders and upper parts of the arms black ; 

 hands and groin whitifti ; thighs on the upper part and 

 toes black ; feet to the knees brown ; it is from two to 

 four feet high. From this fpecies is procured the bezoar 

 of the ape. 



MoNA ; Varied Monkey. This fpecies is tailed and 

 bearded ; it has a prominent whitifti-grey femi-lunar arch 

 over the eye-brows. It inhabits Morocco, and the wanner 

 parts of Afia ; is gentle, docile, and patient of cold. The 

 head is fmall and round ; the face is bright, and of a 

 tawny brown ; the hair on the crown is yellow, mixed 

 with black ; it has a dark band from the eyes to the ears, 

 and to the Ihoulders and arms ; tail is greyilh-brown ; the 

 rump is marked with two white fpots on each fide. It is 

 eighteen inches high. 



Rubra ; Red Monkey. This fpecies is tailed and 

 bearded ; the cheeks are bearded ; the crown, the back, 

 and the tail, are of a deep blood-red. There are two other 

 ▼arieties ; the firft has a yellow beard ; the band over the 

 eyes is black : the fecond has a white beard ; the band 

 over the eyes is white. This is found in Senegal, Congo, 

 and other hot parts of Africa. The crown is flat ; the 

 body and legs are long ; the hair on the upper pavts is of a 

 briglit red, beneath it is of a yellow-grey ; over the eyes to 

 the ears is a band. One variety is black ; and another is 



white : 



