BUSH-TAILED MONKEY. 
and their apertures are placed aside and not 
under the nose. The eyes are chesnut-co- 
loured, and situated near each other. The 
tail is prehensile ; naked, below, at the point, 
and very bushy every where else In some, 
the hair is black and brown, both round the 
face and on all the upper parts of the body. 
In others, the hair round the face is grey, 
and of a brownish yellow on the body. The 
hands are always black and naked. From the 
point of the muzzle to the origin of the tail, 
they exceed not a foot in length. They walk 
on four feet ; and the females are not subjedl 
to the menses." 
Edwards, who first figured this Monkey, 
informs us that it was about the size of a half- 
grown Cat ; and that it was a* male, but not 
vicious. " His nature," says he, " seemed 
to be more delicate than in the largerMonkeys. 
He was humoursome in his afFedlions : having 
a great fondness for some persons, and a vio- 
lent aversion to others ; and constant in both. 
His head was pretty round ; his face and ears 
were of a flesh- colour, with little hair on 
them ; 
