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NEGRO MONKEY. 



Simia Maura. S. caudata barbata, buccis et universa facie, palp- 

 iris et regione ab oculis ad nasi fiiem protensa except is, bar bat a, 

 corpore ex luteofusco. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 35 ?■ 



Long-tailed blackish Monkey, with swarthy flesh-coloured face 

 and breast; the face bearded with black hairs. 



Middle-sized black Monkey. Edwards, pi. 311. 



Negro Monkey. Pennant ^uadr. p. 206. 



That sagacious observer, Mr. George Edwards, 

 so well known by his admirable illustrations of 

 Natural History, seems to have been the first de- 

 scriber of this species. Its size is that of a large 

 cat. The face, breast, and whole under parts 

 are of a swarthy flesh colour, and nearly naked 

 or but very slightly covered with hair. The 

 head, upper parts, and tail are covered with 

 longish black hair. The head is round : the nose 

 rather sharp : the hair above the eyes long, and 

 uniting with the eye-brows : that on the temples 

 partly covering the ears : the paws are covered 

 with a black soft skin : the tail is longer than the 

 body. It is said to be a native of Ceylon and 

 Guinea. 



