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:PURPLE-FAC£D MONlCEY. 
size it appears to vary greatly; some specimens^ 
scarce exceeding the size of a cat^ while others 
have been seen as large as a small greyhound. 
The colour also varies, being sometimes olive- 
brown at other times grey-brown. The head is 
large; the eyes small; the nose thicks flat^ and 
wrinkled ; on each side the tail is a bare space ; 
the under side of the body and the insides of the 
limbs of a light ash-colour. It is a native of 
Guinea and Angola. The nostrils are divided, 
like those of a hare.* 
PURPLE-FACEP MONKEY* 
S. Veter ? S. caudata barhata alba, barba nigra, Lin. Sjsf. jVaf. 
A 36. 
Long-tailed bearded white Monkey, with black beard. 
Purple-faced Monkey. Pennant ^adr. p. 199. 
Guenon a face pourpre. JBziff'. suppL 'j. p. So, pi. 21 . 
This> which Mr. Pennant describes from a 
drawing communicated to him by Mr. Loten^ has 
a black body ; purple face and hands ; a large tri- 
angular white beard, short and pointed at bottom, 
and extending on each side in the manner of 
wings. The tail is much longer than the body, and 
is terminated by a dirty white tuft. It is a native 
of Ceylon^ and is of gentle manners. Mr. Pen- 
* The Cynomolgus and Cynocephalus of Linnaeus may per- 
haps be really distinct species 3 but from his specific characters it 
seems scarce possible to determine this point. 
