THE RED MONKEY 
Cercopithecus ruber. Geoff. 
The Red Monkey of Pennant, the Patas of BufFon and 
the French writers, is well distinguished from all the 
other species of Cercopithecus by its peculiar colour 
and the singularity of its markings. The whole of the 
upper surface of its head, which is broad and flat, is 
of a deep rufous brown, which becomes lighter and 
assumes a rustier tinge on the back and on the outer 
sides of the limbs, and is continued along the tail until 
it is lost in the yellowish gray which terminates that 
organ. A patch of short dusky black hairs occupies 
the extremity of the nose, and extends upwards in a 
narrow line to the middle of the forehead, where it 
joins a series of long stiff coal-black hairs forming an 
arch over each of the eyes and separating the livid 
flesh-colour of the orbits and anterior part of the face 
from the red hairs which clothe the scalp. This 
double arch terminates in a somewhat expanded patch 
