430 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The CALLITRIX, or Green MONKEY, 



fo called from its beautiful hair, which, on the upper 

 part of the body and tail, is of a fine green colour ; the 

 throat, belly, and under fide of the limbs, are of a filvery 

 whitenefs : The tail is eighteen 1 inches long, length of 

 the body thirteen, height eight and a half. 



It is common in the Cape de Verd iflands and the 

 Eaft-Indies ; and is alfo found in Mauritania, and in the 

 territories of ancient Carthage. — Hence it is probable, 

 fays M. Buffon, that it was known to the Greeks and 

 Romans: and that it was one of thofe long-tailed Mon- 

 kies to which they gave the general name of Callitrix. 



It feems to be the fame kind as that mentioned by 

 Adanfon ; who relates that the woods of Podor, along 

 the river Niger, are full of Green Apes, which, from 

 tl*eir colour, are fcarcely difcernible among the branches 

 of the trees where they live. 



The animal from which the above was taken, was a 

 female, in the pofTeflion of William Hargrave, efq; of 

 Shawdon. 



