THE GREEN MONKEY. 
Cercopithecus Sabmvs. Erxl. 
The Green Monkey, although one of the most abundant 
of the long-tailed African group, which constitutes the 
genus Cercopithecus of modern writers, was first de- 
scribed, about the middle of the last century, by Brisson, 
from a skin in Reaumur's Museum. Edwards soon 
after figured a specimen from the island of St. Jago, in 
his splendid work on Birds ; a second representation 
was given by BufFon in his History of Quadrupeds ; a 
third by Pennant in his Synopsis; a fourth by M. Cuvier 
in the Menagerie du Museum ; and a fifth by his bro- 
ther in the Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes. Copies 
of these, and perhaps other original figures of the ani- 
mal, have been given in various publications ; but we 
must confess that we are by no means satisfied with 
any that we have seen. M. F. Cuvier has lately sepa- 
rated from the species two or three very closely allied 
races ; how far they merit this distinction, it must be 
left for future observation to determine. 
