MANGABEY. 
hair on the superior parts of the body is 
bi own, and that on the inferior is grey. There 
are varieties in this species ; some of them are 
of a uniform colour ; others have" a white cir- 
cle round the neck, and round the cheeks, in 
the form of a beard. They walk on four 
feet ,; and are nearly a foot and a half long, 
from the extremity of the muzzle to the origin 
of the tail. The Females of these species 
menstruate." 
The variety mentioned by Buffon is (he Cer- 
■copithecus ^thiops Torg;uatus, of the Lin- 
nsean system. 
Pennant, who describes ^the Mangabey very 
concisely, gives us, notwithstanding, some ad- 
ditional information : w^e find none elsewhere. 
" It has," he tells us, a long, black, 
naked, and Dog-like face. The upper eyelids 
,are of a pure white. The ears are black, and 
like the human. It has no canine teeth. The 
hairs on the sides of the face, beneath the 
cbeeksj are longer than the rest. The tail is 
■long. The colour of the whole body is 
tawny 
