MONKIES. 
Cercopithecus minimus niger fubulatis, pedibus croceis. Lin . 99 - Great 
L eontocephalus, auribus ele- Jyj}. 42. _ eared,, 
phantinis. Barrere France JEquin. Le Tamarin. dg Buffon xv. 92. 
jr 1. tab. xiii. 
Simla midas. S. caudata imber- Little black monkey. Edw. 196. 
bis, labip luperiore fiffo, auri- Br. Mu/. 
bus quadrads nudis, unguibus 
M. with a round head, fwarthy, flefhcolored, naked 
face: upper lip a little divided: ears very large, 
eredt, naked, and almoft fquare : hair on the fore¬ 
head upright and long; on the body foft, but lhaggy: 
the head, whole body, and upper part of the limbs, 
black, except the lower part of the back, which was 
tinged with yellow: hands and feet covered with 
light orange-colored hairs, very fine and fmooth : 
nails long and crooked: tail black, and twice the 
length of the body : teeth very white. 
Inhabits the hotter parts of South America> and 
the ifie of Gorgona , fouth of Panama , in the South 
Sea. There are, fays Dampzer y a great many little 
black monkies : at low water, they come to the fea 
fide to take mufcles and perriwinkles, which they 
dig out of the fhells with their claws *. 
*' Voy. I. 173. 
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Cagui 
