FAIR MONKEY, 
loris ;" or, *' Cercopithecus of a Silvery- 
White Grey Colour, having a bright Red Face 
and Ears, and a Chesnut-coloured Tali." 
We have adopted Pennant's name, from 
our aversion to disturbing established appella- 
tions ; though, we confess, it does not appear 
to us by any means felicitously descriptive of 
the animal ; and should, for our ov^'n parts, have 
rather preferred calling it, after Linnaeus, the 
Silver, or Silvery, or Silver-Haired, Monkey. 
Fairness, has always seemed to us a very aok- 
ward epithet, when applied to the hair; being 
so generally appropriated to the hue of the skin, 
as scarcely to convey any other signification. 
Perhaps, in naming this animal, the peculiar 
redness of the face should have been recol- 
lected. This we merely hint, for the conside- 
ration of future nomenclators. 
BulFon's account of this animal, though 
short, is considerably longer than any other. 
We owe," says he, '* our knowledge of 
this animal to M. De la Condamine; and, 
therefore, we shall transcribe the account 
which he has given of it— The Monkey, 
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