36 PURPLE-FACED MONKEY. 



size it appears to vary greatly; some specimens 

 scarce exceeding the size of a cat, while others 

 have been seen as large as a small greyhound. 

 The colour also varies, beino" sometimes olive- 

 brown at other times grey-brown. The head is 

 large; the eyes small; the nose thick, flat, and 

 wrinkled; on each side the tail is a bare space; 

 the under side of the body and the insides of the 

 limbs of a light ash-colour. It is a native of 

 Guinea and Aiurola. The nostrils are divided, 

 like those of a hare.* 



PURPLE-FACED MONKEY. 



S. Veter ? S. caudata barbata alba, barba nigra. Lin, SjJt. Nat. 



p. 36. 

 Long-tailed bearded white Monkey, with black beard. 

 Purple-faced Monkey. Pennant Qv.adr. p. 199. 

 Guenon a face pourpre. Bujf". suppl. 7. p. So. pi. 21. 



This, which Mr. Pennant describes from a 

 drawing communicated to him by Mr. Loten, has 

 a black body; purple face and hands; a large tri- 

 angular white beard, short and pointed at bottom, 

 and extending on each side in the manner of 

 wings. The tail is much longer than the body, and 

 is terminated b} r a dirty white tuft. It is a native 

 of Ceylon, and is of gentle manners. Mr. Pen- 



* The Cynomolgus and Cynocephalus of Linnaeus may per- 

 haps be really distinct species ; but from his specific characters it 

 seems scarce possible to determine this point. 



