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BONNETED MONKEY. 



Slmia Pileata. Simla fusco-ferruginea, subtus albido-JIavescens, 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. Bvjf. suppl. 7. p. 6l. //. 1 6. 

 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 

 Fatuellus, 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 jseems to 

 think it most allied to the Chinese-bonnet Mon- 

 key. 



