<52 VAULTING MONKEY. 



of a gentle disposition, and so rapid in its motions 

 that it seemed to fly rather than leap. The indi- 

 vidual figured by Mr. Allamand was a female: 

 his figure represents it with a large white beard 

 round the chin ; and beneath each ear appears a 

 flattish reversed tuft of yellowish hairs, as in some 

 other species. That represented in the supple- 

 ment to Buffon was a male, and had a much 

 smaller beard ; the nose was remarkably promi- 

 nent or convex : the general colour was darker 

 than in Mr. Allamand's specimen, being rather 

 blackish grey-brown than olive, except on the 

 top of the head, where it was yellowish. It was 

 described from a dried skin in good preservation ; 

 but though it was evident that it was from a 

 young animal, yet it was somewhat larger than 

 the former. Upon the whole, however, there can 

 be little doubt of its belonging to the same spe- 

 cies ; and this may serve as an additional evidence 

 of the inefficacy of mere short specific characters 

 in ascertaining animals of this obscure and vari- 

 able race. 



