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VARIED MONKEY. 



Simla Mona. S. caudata harhata, lunula superciliari elata ex alba 



grisea. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 34. 

 Olivaceo-ferruginous long-tailed Monkey, whitish beneath, 



with the cheeks bearded, and a lunated whitish band across 



the forehead. 

 La Mone. Buff. 14./. 258.//. 36. 

 Varied Monkey. Pennant Quadr. p. 210. 



This is said to be the species which gives the 

 name of Monkey to the whole tribe: from the 

 African word Monne ; or rather, as Mr. Pennant 

 surmises, from its corruption Monichns. It is 

 one of the larger species ; being about a foot and 

 half in length, with a tail nearly two feet long. 

 The nose, mouth, and spaces round the eyes, are 

 of a dull flesh colour: the cheeks are bounded by 

 long whitish hairs inclining to yellow : the fore- 

 head is grey, and above the eyes, from ear to 

 ear, extends a black line. The upper part of the 

 body is dusky and tawny; the breast, belly, and 

 inside of the limbs, white : the outside of the 

 thighs and arms, black : hands and feet black and 

 naked : the tail of a cinereous-brown. On each 

 side the base of the tail is commonly an oval 

 white spot. This species inhabits Barbary, iEthi- 

 opia, and other parts of Africa. It seems to dif- 

 fer very considerably in the tinge of its colours, 

 which are sometimes vivid and sometimes rather 

 obscure : in general it is of a blackish olive-grey 



