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MONKIES. 
ne ; or rather its corruption, Monichus . M. de Buf - 
fon fuppofes it to be the KvjSo? of Ariftotle: but the 
Philofopher fays no more, than that the Cebi are 
apes furnifhed with tails. 
Of this kind is the Cercopithecus Guineenfis alius of 
Marcgrarte BrafiL 228. Brijfon quad. 139. which the 
firft defcribes as being of the color of the back of a 
hare. 
Le Douc de 'Baffin, xiv. 298. tab. obfitis, torque ex caftaneo mir- 
xli. purafcente. Le grand fmge de la 
Cercopithecus cinereus, genis Cochin-chine. Brijfon quad. 146. 
longis pilis ex albo Havicantibus, 
M. with a fhort flattifli face, bounded on each fide 
by long hairs of a yellowilh white color: on the neck 
a collar of purplifh brown : the lower part of 
the arms, the thighs, and tail, are white: the upper 
part of the arms, and thighs, black : the back, 
belly and Tides, grey tinged with yellow : above the 
root of the tail is a fpQt of white, which extends be¬ 
neath as far as the lower part of the belly and part 
of the thighs: the feet black: the buttocks * co¬ 
vered with hair: is a very large fpecies, about 
four feet long, from the nofe to the tail; but the 
tail not fo long. 
Inhabits Cochin-China and Madagafcar : lives 
©n beans * often walks on its hind feet. 
* All the fpecies of apes of Afia and Africa, except this and No. 
®4 ? '7Q, and 87, have their buttocks naked. 
** Where it is called Sifac. Flacourt bi/i; Madag. 153. 
1 4 
. Cochin# 
China, 
M. with 
