ST. J AGO MONKEY. 
lositles on the buttocks ; that the tail is much 
longer than both the body and head ; that the 
head is small, the muzzle is long, and the face 
and ears are black ; that, instead of eye-brows 
a band of black hairs runs along the bottom o 
the forehead; that the body is of a vivid green 
mixed with a little yellow; that it walks on 
four feet ; that the length of it's body, com- 
prehending the head, is about fifteen inches ; 
and, that the female is subjetSl: to the menstrual 
flux. Callitrix, he observes, is a term em- 
ployed by Homer, to denote, in general, the 
beautiful colour of the hair of animals : and it 
was not till several ages after Homer's time^ 
that the Greeks applied this name to particular 
species of Monkeys. It's application to the ani- 
mal under consideration is peculiarly proper: 
the body being of a beautiful green colour, the 
throat and belly white, and the face of a fine 
black. It is found in Mauritania, and in the 
territories of ancient Carthage. Hence, it is 
probable that it was known to the Greeks and 
Romans ; and, that it was one of those Long- 
Tailed Monkeys to which they gave the name, 
of Callitrix. In the neighbourhood of Egypt, 
both on the iEthiopian and Arabian side, there 
are ^ 
