SPOTTED MONKEY. $9 
from the coast of Guinea, and, in general appear- 
ance, as to size and colour resembled the Mone be- 
fore-mentioned ; but it was of a more active na- 
ture, and had a greater lightness in the form of its 
limbs : the head rather smaller, and the physiog- 
nomy in consequence more agreeable. The ears 
had no slope on their upper margin, as in the 
former^ and these seemed its principal differences. 
It had cheek -pouches and callosities behind. 
The face was of a slate-grey : the nose flat and 
large; the eyes deep, and with orange-coloured 
irides; the mouth and jaws of a pale red; the 
cheeks garnished with greyish and greenish-yel- 
low hairs, forming a thick beard, and going un- 
der the chin. Over the forehead a black band 
as far as the ears, Avhich were flat and black, ex- 
cept that the orifice of the auditory passage was 
covered with large greyish hairs. On the front, 
above the black line, was white-grey band, largest 
in the middle, and in the shape of a crescent. 
The top of the head and of the neck were covered 
with gTcenish hairs mixed with black ones ; the 
body with brown and yellow hairs, giving an 
olive-coloured cast: the exterior surface of the 
limbs was black; the interior white, forming a 
strong contrast : the whole of the under part of 
the body and of the tail was white also : on each 
side the tail an oblong white patch : the hands 
and feet black : the tail very long, and covered 
above with short blackish hair. This animal was 
two years old, and measured sixteen inches and 
four lines from nose to tail : the tail was more 
