54° The Hiftory of A N I M A L S, 
pulent than in moft others j the legs are not fo long as in the generality of the mon¬ 
key-kind, and they are very robuft : the feet are made iefs in the form of hands, than 
in moft others: the whole body is of a deep, ferrugineous brown, but the breaft: and 
belly are paler than the back .: the tail is moderately long, and is in part hairy, and 
part naked ; the naked part looking as if meant to be taken hold o£ 
It is a native of the Bralils. Marcgrave has defcribed it. 
Simla caudata barbata , cauda floccofa . 
The bearded Simia> with a woolly tail . 
This is one of the fmalleft kind ; the height, when it ftands eredt, is not fo much 
as two feet: the head is long, but remarkably llender; the forehead is low; the 
nofe deprefled, and turning up at the head ; the eyes are black and deprefled ; the 
mouth is furrounded with a moderate beard : the body is llender, and the whole crea¬ 
ture has a lighter appearance than the others : the legs are long and llender ; the tail 
long, thick, and floccofe. 
The back is of a deep but glofly colour, feeming a mixt hue of brown, ferrugine¬ 
ous, and olive j the belly is paler: the breaft, the legs, and the tail have fome tinge 
of yellowilh. 
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This is a native of the Eaft and Weft Indies. Marcgrave has defcribed it, and we 
fometimes fee it brought over alive in our Eaft India Ihips. 
Simla barba cana , cauda Jlmplici . 
"The Simia , with a hoary beard , and naked tail . 
This is about two feet four inches high, when it ftands eredt: the head is remar¬ 
kably fmall, and of an oval form ; the eyes are large and prominent; the ears are very 
broad, low, and of a corrugated furface, greatly refembling thofe of the human 
head : the beard is grey, and has much the refemblance of that of an old man. 
The body is bulky, and the legs are rather robuft than long; they are covered with 
a fhort, Imooth down, but their feet are not fo like the human hand, as in many of 
the fpecies: the back is of a deep olive colour ; the face is naked and black $ the breaft 
is of a pale brown, and the belly ft ill paler; the tail is long and naked. 
This is a native of Africa, and we have alfo had it from fome parts of the Eaft. 
Clufius and others have defcribed it. It feems to have been, indeed, one of the firft 
known fpecies. 
Simla cruribus longiffimis^facie nuda . 
The long-legged Simia, with no beard . 
This is an extreamly lingular fpecies,. and has an awkwardnefs about it, that diftin- 
guifhes it from all the others: the height, when it ftands eredt, is two feet nine in¬ 
ches j the body is very llender, and the head long, but narrow: the forehead is oval; 
the bafe of the nofe is deprefled very deeply; it’s end turns up, and the noftrils are 
wide. The eyes are large, black, and prominent j the ears very low, and conliderably 
broad : the legs are remarkably long and llender, more fo, indeed, than in any other 
fpecies: the tail is alfo very long and llender, and all the way naked : the colour on 
the back is a deep and beautiful olive, with a very prevailing tinge of the green; the 
breaft is paler, and the belly whitilh : the face is black, and fo are the feet; the claws 
are very broad, round at the ends, and of a deep blue. 
I never faw any more than one of this fpecies; that was fent over, as a prefent to 
the late Duke of Richmond, by Sir Thomas Robinfon, at that time governor of 
Barbadoes 0 
Simia 
