WHITE-NOSE, AND TALAPOIN MONKEY. 3? 
nails flat ; its length is one foot ; that of its tail 
eighteen inches. It is found in Guinea. Buffon 
seems to confound it with the following species. 
White-nose monkey. 
This monkey has a black flat face ; the end of 
its nose is of a snowy whiteness,, which distin- 
guishes the species from most others ; the irides of 
its eyes yellow ; the hair on the head and body is 
smooth, mottled with black and yellow ; its belly 
white ; hands black ; tail very long, the upper 
side black, the lower white ; it inhabits Guinea 
and Angola. When taken young and tamed, it is 
very sportive and diverting. In a wild state, 
it avoids mankind, is very crafty, and has a very 
bad smell* 
Talapoin. 
This animal has a sharp nose, a round head, 
large black naked ears ; the eyes and end of the 
nose flesh coloured ; the hair on its cheeks is 
very long, and reflected towards the ears ; on the 
chin it has a small beard ; the colour of the upper 
part of the body is a mixture of dusky yellow 
and green ; the outside of the limbs blackish ; 
the inside whitish ; the lower part white tinged 
with yellow ; its tail is very long and slender ; 
above, of an olive and dusky colour ; beneath, 
cinereous ; the paws black ; the length of th© 
creature itself, is about one foot ; its tail one foot 
five inches. It is an inhabitant of India. 
