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BONNETED MONKEY. 



Simla Pileata. Simla fusco-ferruginea, sultus albido-fla'vescens , ar- 



tubus nigris, capillitio circulatim arrecto. 

 Ferruginous-brown Monkey, whitish-yellow beneath, with black 



limbs, and the hair of the head rising circularly upwards. 

 La Guenon couronnee. Buff", suppl. J. p. 6i.pl. 16. 

 Bonneted Monkey. Pennant Quadr. p. 210. 



This was certainly first described by Mr. Pen- 

 nant, who formed his description from a speci- 

 men in the Leverian Museum. The size and ge- 

 neral habit of the animal are similar to those of 

 the Capucin Monkey ; but the colours somewhat 

 darker : it seems still more strongly allied to the 

 FatuelluSj or Horned Monkey, from which it prin- 

 cipally differs in not having a prehensile tail, and 

 in the disposition of the black hair on the head, 

 which stands up in a kind of circular cap or bon- 

 net, instead of two tufts as in that species. The 

 face and breast are of a pale yellow-brown; the 

 back deeper; and the lower part of the back, 

 arms., and legs, blackish-brown. Mr. Buffon, in his 

 seventh supplemental volume, describes and figures 

 this species from a living specimen : and seems to 

 think it most allied to the Chinese-bonnet Mon- 

 key. 



