THE BLACK APE. 
Mac AC us niger. 
Specimens of this interesting Monkey are of extremely 
rare occurrence. It was first described by M. Desma- 
rest from a skin in the Paris Museum so imperfect, 
either in itself or in the manner of its stuffing, as to 
have induced M. Cuvier to class it among the Baboons. 
It has consequently been known as the Cynocephalus 
niger, under which name it was figured by Mr. Gray 
from a specimen formerly living in the Tower Mena- 
gerie, but now preserved in the British Museum. A 
second living specimen has since been exhibited at 
Exeter 'Change ; and the present forms the third in- 
stance, as far as we are aware, of its having been 
brought alive to Europe. Stuffed specimens, in different 
stages of growth, are, however, we are informed depo- 
sited in the extensive Zoological Cabinet at Leyden. 
That the animal is truly a Macacus cannot be for a 
