MANGABEY. 
prominent ring round their eyes. Some ofji 
them have the hair on the head, neck, and up- f 
per part of the body, of a yellow brown co- I 
lour, and that on the belly white. In others, ! 
the hair on the head and body is lighter ; and 
they are distinguished from the rest by a broad I 
collar of white hair, which surrounds their 
^neck and cheeks. Both carry their tail arched, i 
and the tail is long and bushy. They come ! 
i 6m the same country as the Vari, or Ruffed 
Maucauco ; and, a-s they resemble him in the 
le iigth of the muzzle and tail, in -the manner 
of carrying the latter, and in the varieties of 
colour, thev seem to form the shade between 
the Makis and the Guenons or Long-Tailed 
Monkeys.'" 
'"'^ The great French naturalisi. merely adds, as 
the distinctive characters of this species, that 
the Mangabey has cheek-pouches, and cal- 
■iosiiies on the buttocks. The tail is as long its 
■both the body and head. It has a prominent 
Tingtound the eyes, and the upper eyelid is ex- 
tremely \vhitc. The niuzzle is thick and long. 
ITiC evchrows consist of stiff, crisped hair.; 
and the cars are black, .and almost naked. The 
.hair 
