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WHITE-NOSE MONKEY. 



Simia Nitctitans. S. caudata imherbis nigra , punctis pallidis ad- 



spersa, naso alio, pollice palmarum brevissimo, natibus tectis, Lin. 



Syst. Nat. p. 40. 

 Long-tailed beardless black Monkey, freckled with white ; the 



nose white ; the thumb of the hands very short] no callosities 



behind. 

 White-nose Monkey. Pennant Quadr. p. 205. 



The distinguishing character of this species is 

 the tip of the nose, which is milk-white, while the 

 face itself is black. The general colour of the 

 animal on the upper parts is a mixture of black 

 and tawny, so as to appear in some lights of a 

 black colour speckled with yellow. The under 

 part of the body is white, and the insides of the 

 limbs are nearly of the same colour. The tail is 

 very long, and is black on the upper and white on 

 the under side : the thumbs of the hands are very 

 short. The white nose in this species, like the 

 white eyelids in a former, is not absolutely pecu- 

 liar but is found in another. It is this similarity 

 of marks in species, which, on exact examination, 

 turn out to be really distinct, that causes the ex- 

 treme difficulty in reconciling the different de- 

 scriptions of authors, and settling their discordant 

 synonyms and figures ; and it must be confessed 

 that much uncertainty still prevails. 



