40 BONNETED, AND VARIED MONKEY, &C, 
ing out in a circular direction like a Chinese cap. 
It is about the size of a cat. 
Bonneted monkey. 
A circular bonnet on its crown, consisting of 
upright black hairs, distinguishes this animal ; 
it is of the size of a cat, having long hairs on the 
sides of its cheeks ; its body brown ; its legs and 
arms black. 
Varied monkey, or mona. 
This species of the monkey is described as 
having its nose, the orbits of its eyes, and its 
mouth, of a dirty flesh colour ; the hair on the 
sides of its face, and under its throat, is long, of 
a whitish colour, tinged with yellow ; its fore- 
head, is grey, having a black line, from ear to 
ear, above the eyes ; the upper part of the body 
is dusky and tawny ; the breast, belly, and inside 
of the limbs are white ; the outside of its 
thighs and arms black ; its hands and feet 
are black and naked ; its tail of an ash brown ; 
it is about a foot and a half long, and its tail 
about two. 
It inhabits Barbary, Ethiopia, and other parts 
of Africa, and is very common. This kind, it is 
supposed, gives the name of monkey to the whole 
tribe, from the African word monne , or rather 
from the corruption of it, monichns and monichi* 
Vaulting monkey. 
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This is described by Mr. Allamamd in his 
edition of BufFon’s natural history of quadrupeds. 
It is said to be somewhat more than a foot high, 
and the tail about twenty inches long. The up- 
