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of the long glossy fur, has earned for the animal the demoniacal title which will be found 
appended to the figure. Beside the sable garments that are conventionally attributed to the 
powers of darkness, the animal in question is probably in part indebted for its name to the 
black crest, that projects over the forehead and eyes with so pert and impish an air. 
Our last example of this genus is the beautifully adorned Guekeza. This monkey presents 
a singular example of contrast in colors. The back, shoulders, the crown of the head, the 
limbs, and part of the tail, are black. But along the sides, the black hairs have hardly run a 
fifth of their course, when they suddenly become of a pure white. This change is not effected 
by a gradual melting of the black into white, but the line of demarcation is clearly defined. 
URSINE COLO BITS . — Colobus ursinus. BLACK COLOBUS.— Colobus satanas. 
There is also a fringe of white hairs that encircles the cheeks, and becoming suddenly very 
narrow, runs across the forehead, just above the eyes, and is boldly contrasted with the black 
face and black scalp. The tail ends in a whitish tuft, but not so large as that of the Ursine 
Colobus, nor so purely white. 
Very little is known of the habits of this animal, but it is said to be a gentle creature, 
feeding on insects as well as on the usual vegetable food for monkeys. 
It is a native of Abyssinia, and its name “ Guereza” is its Abyssinian title. 
The beauty of its fur causes it to be much sought after by the natives of the country, who 
make its skin into coverings for the curiously shaped shields which they bear. The white 
fringe is the part that is chiefly valued, and its appearance on a shield points out at once a 
person of distinction in its bearer. 
We now arrive at a group of small monkeys, with exceedingly long names. The term 
“ Cercopithecus ” is composed from two Greek words, signifying “tailed ape.” 
The monkeys belonging to this genus are very abundant in their native forests, and the 
unfortunate peripatetic monkeys that parade the streets in tormenting company with barrel 
organs, or seated on the backs of dejected and pensive bears, are mostly members of this group. 
