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above, the outsides of the limbs nearly black, and 

 whitish beneath ; the contrast between the colours 

 being greatest on the sides of the arms and legs; 

 the beard is sometimes grey, sometimes white, 

 and sometimes yellowish. Perhaps the Diana Monr- 

 key may be no other than a variety of this species. 



PROBOSCIS MONKEY. 



Simla Nasalis. S. caudata barbata castanca, artubus caudaqtie 



pallidis, naso pralongo. 

 Long-tailed bearded chesnut-coloured Monkey, with pale 



limbs and tail, and very long nose. 

 S. Nasalis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gruel, praf at. lin. penult, 

 Guenon a. long nez. Buff, suppl. 7. p. 53. //. 1 1. 12. 

 Proboscis Monkey. Pennant £>uadr. z. append, p. 322.//. 104. 1 05. 



Amongst the whole tribe of Monkies this per* 

 haps may be considered as the most singular in its 

 aspect : the nose being of such a length and form 

 as to present, especially in a profile view, an ap- 

 pearance the most grotesque imaginable; and in- 

 deed from an inspection of the figure alone, one 

 would be apt to imagine that it must have been 

 designed for a caricature of a Monkey. The ani- 

 mal, however, is preserved in the royal cabinet at 

 Paris, and was first described by Mons. D'Auben- 

 ton. It is a large species, measuring two feet 

 from the tip of the nose to the tail, which is more 

 than two feet long. The face has a kind of curved 

 form, and is of a brown colour, and marked with 

 blue and red : the ears broad, thin, naked, and 



