SPOTTED MONKEY. 39 



from the coast of Guinea, and, in general appear- 

 ance, as to size and colour resembled the Mont be- 

 fore-mentioned ; but it was of a more active na- 

 ture, and had a greater lightness in the form of its 

 Jimbs : the head rather smaller, and the physiog- 

 nomy in consequence more agreeable. The Cars 

 had no slope on their upper margin, as in the 

 former, and these seemed its principal differences. 

 It had cheek-pouches and callosities behind. 

 The face was of a slate-grey : the nose flat and 

 large; the eyes deep, and with orange-coloured 

 irides; the mouth and jaws of a pale red; the 

 cheeks garnished with greyish and greenish-yel- 

 low hairs, forming a thick beard, and going un- 

 der the chin. Over the forehead a black band 

 as far as the ears, which were flat and black, ex- 

 cept that the orifice of the auditory passage was 

 covered with large greyish hairs. On the front, 

 above the black line, was white-grey band, largest 

 in the middle, and in the shape of a crescent. 

 The top of the head and of the neck were covered 

 with greenish hairs mixed with black ones : the 

 body with brown and yellow hairs, giving an 

 olive-coloured cast: the exterior surface of the 

 limbs was black; the interior white, forming a 

 strong contrast : the whole of the under part of 

 the body and of the tail was white also : on each 

 side the tail an oblong white patch: the hands 

 and feet black : the tail very long, and covered 

 above with short blackish hair. This animal was 

 two years old, and measured sixteen inches and 

 four lines from nose to tail : the tail was more 



