MANGABEY. 
There appear to be varieties of this ani- 
mal : which is the Cercopithecus ^ihiops, of 
the Linnaean system ; the White Eyelid Mon- 
key, of Pennant; and the Mangabey, of Buf- 
fon, and of the Leverian Museum. Dr. Shaw," 
on his plate, which is copied, like our annexed 
figure, from BufFon, calls it Mangabe,/V> 
but describes it, in. his letter-press, under ine 
title " White Eyelid Monkey." This is the 
more extraordinary; as Dr. Shaw expressly 
asserts, that ** though the White Eyelids in 
this Monkey form a remarkable chara6ler, yet 
they are not peculiar to this species alone." 
From BufFon, we have the following parti- 
culars — " We have had," says he, two in- 
dividuals of this species, both of which werp 
sent to us under the denomination of Mada- 
gascar Apes, It is easy to distinguish the 
Mangabey s from all the other Monkeys, by a 
very remarkable character : their eyelids are 
naked, and of a very splendid white colour. 
They have a thick, broad, long muzzle, and a 
prominent 
