84 VEFvTEBRATA. 
THE VARIED, OR MONA MONKEY. 
The following interesting account of one of this family is furnished by the keeper of the Garden 
of Plants, Paris : 
" Contrary to the usual custom of monkeys, the mona makes no grimaces, and she has an ex- 
pression of mildness and gravity of countenance quite extraordinary. She eats willingly of every 
thing offered to her — cooked meat, bread, fruits, and some species of insects. She is particularly 
fond of ants and spiders, which she eats in the manner of an epicure. Her agility and rapidity of 
motion are remarkable, yet she is always gentle and graceful. She is very tenacious in her desires, 
but she is never violent; and when she has solicited an object that she is very anxious to obtain 
for a length of time, if she is still refused, she suddenly ceases her importunity, turns bead over 
heels, and seems to think no more about it. 
" She is not very particular in her ideas of property. She has, in fact, such a fancy for pilfer- 
ing, that no correction bestowed upon her is of any avail against it. When any one caresses her, 
she slips her hand quietly into his pockets, and takes out its contents with the skill of a regular 
thief. If she wishes to take bonbons or fruit out of a closet, she turns the key without making 
any noise, and has often been seen to untie a parcel. 
"There can be nothing more amusing than the face of this monkey when her cheek-pouches 
are full. Her head looks double the usual size, resembling very much the puffed and bloated 
countenances drawn by the old painters to represent the winds. When she wishes to empty her 
provision-bags, she slily leaves her companions, and seeks a tree standing apart, and sufficiently 
umbrageous to hide her in the foliage ; for she fears that her associates, seeing her so well stocked 
with provisions, may, as sometimes happens, attack and beat her to make her open her mouth. 
In her hiding-place, tranquilly seated in the foik of a branch, she delivers the insects, one by one, 
from her pouch, looks at them eagerly, skins them with her little fingers, breaks off and throws 
away their wings and claws, then touching them with her teeth several times in a gastronomic 
manner, she finally eats them with the greatest satisfaction. She then recommences the operation, 
until her provisions are exhausted, when she rejoins her friends." 
The Diana Monkey, C. Diana — the Roloioay of the French. This animal received its title of 
Diana from Linnseus, on account of a fancied resemblance in the coronet-shaped bow which orna- 
ments its brow, to the silver bow of the goddess. Its body is variously marked with black, white, 
gray, yellow, and reddish-brown. The length of the form is sixteen inches, and the tail two feet. 
It is found in large troops in the deep and silent forests of Congo and Guinea. In a savage state, 
they feed on fruits and the eggs of birds and insects. As they are easily tamed, the negroes catch 
them in numbers, and sell them to the Europeans who trade upon the coast of Africa. M. Boitard 
gives us the following : 
" The character of the roloway is very gentle. It becomes very fond of its master, will follow 
him wherever he goes, and will allow itself to be taken without diflSculty. A friend of mine had 
