5^ VAULTING MOXKEY. 
of a gentle disposition, and so rapid in its motions 
that it seemed to fly rather than leap. The indi- 
vidual figured by Mr. Allamand was a female : 
his figure represents it with a large white beard 
round the chin ; and beneath each ear appears a 
flattish reversed tuft of yellowish hairs, as in some 
other species. That represented in the supple- 
ment to Buffon was a male, and had a much 
smaller beard ; the nose was remarkably promi- 
nent or convex : the general colour was darker 
than in Mr. Allamand's specimen, being rather 
blackish grey-brown than olive, except on the 
top of the head, where it was yellowish. It was 
described from a dried skin in good preservation; 
but though it was evident that it was from a 
young animal, yet it was somewhat larger than 
the former. Upon the whole, however, there can 
be little doubt of its belonging to the same spe- 
cies ; and this may serve as an additional evidence 
of the inefficacy of mere short specific characters 
in ascertaining animals of this obscure and vari- 
able race. 
