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, being 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 Angola. The nostrils are divided, 

 like those of a hare. # 



PURPLE-FACED MONKEY 



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



A 36. 



Long-tailed bearded white Monkey, with black beard. 

 Purple-faced Monkey. Pennant Quadr. p. 199. 

 Guenon a face pourpre. Buff, suppl. 7. p. 80. //. 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 by 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 

 teems scarce possible to determine this point. 



