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(20) THE TALAPOIN MONKEY. 

 (CEECOPITHECUS TALAPOIN- {Erxl.) ) 



Description. — Length of the head and body about 14inches, tail 18 

 inches. General colour of the body olive green, paler or whitish below ; 

 short, straw-coloured whiskers partially hide the ears ; face black. There 

 is a faint whitish frontal band. 



Hab. — West Africa. 



(21) THE HOCHEUE, MONKEY. 

 '(CEECOPITHECUS NICTITANS— {Linn.) ) 



Description. — Length of the head and body about 16 inches, that of 

 the tail 30 inches. General colour black, freckled with white ; limbs black. 

 The characteristic' feature of this species is the conspicuous white mark 

 on the lower part of the nose. 



Hab. — West Africa. 



(22) THE PLUTO MONKEY. 

 (CEECOPITHECUS PLUTO-Gn^.) 



Description.— Black throughout. The chief characteristics of this 

 monkey are its well-developed black and white-ringed whiskers, and the 

 .broad white frontal band. The hair of the lower back is parted in the 

 middle, and brushed downwards and forwards, washed with greenish 

 white with a chestnut tinge in some places. Tail long, its basal half 

 greenish white, distal half black or greyish black. 



Hab. — Angola. 



(23) THE LESSER WHITE-NOSED MONKEY. 

 (CEECOPITHECUS PETAUEISTA-(&^&.) ) 



Description.— Length of the head and body 17 to 18 inches, tail 

 about 22 inches. In the Hocheur Monkey, No. 21, the white is 

 confined to the lower portion of the nose alone ; in the present one both 

 the lower half of the nose and the upper lip are white. The whiskers, 

 beard, throat, chest and abdomen are also white. The general colour 

 of the back and head is reddish olive brown ; a black band runs across 

 the forehead. The tail is grey above, whitish below. 



Hab. — West Africa. 



(24) THE MOUSTACHE MONKEY. 

 (CEECOPITHECUS CEPHUS— {Linn.) ) 



Description. — Head and body about 1 foot 7 inches, tail 2 feet 

 2 inches. Colour of the body above golden brown, freckled with black ; 

 head and thighs tinged with green ; tail brownish orange ; under parts 

 whitish ; whiskers well developed and of a yellowish colour ; face violet 

 blue. Upper lip, a white triangular mark above a black margin. 



Hab.-— West Africa. 



