. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . uck: Theprincipal difference confifts in its having the hair on itshead difpofed in the form of a flat bonnet, from whichits name has been derived. It inhabits the fame country,and lives in the fame manner. When fruits and fucculent plants fail, thefe ani-mals are faid to eat infects, and fometimes watch by thefea-fide for crabs and other fhell-fifh, which they are ve-ry dexterous in catching. They are never thoroughly tamed, and cannot be truft- ed without a chain They do not breed when in a ftate of confinement, even in their
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . uck: Theprincipal difference confifts in its having the hair on itshead difpofed in the form of a flat bonnet, from whichits name has been derived. It inhabits the fame country,and lives in the fame manner. When fruits and fucculent plants fail, thefe ani-mals are faid to eat infects, and fometimes watch by thefea-fide for crabs and other fhell-fifh, which they are ve-ry dexterous in catching. They are never thoroughly tamed, and cannot be truft- ed without a chain They do not breed when in a ftate of confinement, even in their own country; but requireto be at perfe£t freedom in their native woods. THE MANGABEY,[Simia ^thiops^ Lin.) Is diftinguifhed fr^ all other Monkies by a very remark-able charafter. Its eye-lids are naked, of a pure whitecolour; and round each eye there is a prominent ring :The hair on the head and body is of a yellowifh-browncolour; that on the belly white. Some of them have abroad collar of white hair furrounding their neck andface. G 466 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS,. THE GREEN MONKEY,(Simia Sabceay Lin.—Le Callitrichey BufF.) So called from its beautiful hair, which, on the upperpart of the body and tail, is of a fine green colour j thethroat, belly, and under fide of the limbs are of a filverywhitenefs: The tail is eighteen inches long, length ofthe body thirteen, height eight and a half. It is common in the Cape de Verd iflands and theEaft-Indies, and is alfo found in Mauritania, and in theterritories of ancient Carthage. Hence it is probable,fays M. BufFon, that it was known to the Greeks andRomans, and that it was one of thofe long-tailed Mon-kies to which they gave the general name of Callitrix. It feems to be the fame kind as that mentioned byAdanfon j who relates, that the woods of Podor, alongthe river Niger, are full of Green Apes, which, fromtheir colour, are fcarcely difcernible among the branchesof the trees where they live. The animal from which the above was taken w
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