PROBOSCIS MONKEY. 
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above, the outsides of the limbs nearly black, and 
whitish beneath ; the contrast between the colours 
being greatest on the sides of the arms and legs : 
the beard is sometimes grey, sometimes white, 
and sometimes yellowish. Perhaps the Diana Mon- 
key may be no other than a variety of this species. 
PROBOSCIS MONKEY. 
Simia Nasalis. S, caudata harhata castanca, artubus caudaqjfe 
fallidiSi naso pralongo. 
Long-tailed bearded chesnut-coloured Monkey, with pale 
limbs and tail, and very long nose. 
S. Nasalis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. prtefat, lin, penult, 
Guenon a long nez. Buff. suppL j, p. 53. 1 1. 12. 
Proboscis Monkey. Pennant ^adr. 2. append, p. 322.//. 104. 105. 
Amongst the whole tribe of Monkies this per- 
haps may be considered as the most singular in its 
aspect : the nose being of such a length and form 
as to present, especially in a profile view, an ap- 
pearance the most grotesque imaginable; and in- 
deed from an inspection of the figure alone, one 
would be apt to imagine that it must have been 
designed for a caricature of a Monkey. The ani- 
mal, however, is preserved in the royal cabinet at 
Paris, and was first described by Mons. D'Auben- 
ton. It is a large species, measuring two feet 
from the tip of the nose to the tail, which is more 
than two feet long. The face has a kind of curved 
form, and is of a brown colour, and marked with 
blue and red : the ears broad, thin, naked, and 
