. The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex. Evolution; Natural selection; Heredity; Human beings. BEAUTY OF THE QUADRUMANA. 547 iial differences in color, whicli renders it in some degree probable that both sexes owe their elegant appearance to sexual selection. In the moustache-monkey (Cercopithecus cephus) the general color of the fur is mottled-greenish with the throat white; in the male the end of the tail is chestnut, but the face is the most ornamented part, the skin being chiefly bluish-gray, shading into. Fig. 78, Cercopithecus diana (from Brehm). a blackish tint beneath t
. The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex. Evolution; Natural selection; Heredity; Human beings. BEAUTY OF THE QUADRUMANA. 547 iial differences in color, whicli renders it in some degree probable that both sexes owe their elegant appearance to sexual selection. In the moustache-monkey (Cercopithecus cephus) the general color of the fur is mottled-greenish with the throat white; in the male the end of the tail is chestnut, but the face is the most ornamented part, the skin being chiefly bluish-gray, shading into. Fig. 78, Cercopithecus diana (from Brehm). a blackish tint beneath the eyes, with the upper lip of a delicate blue, clothed on the lower edge with a thin black moustache; the whiskers are orange-colored, with the upper part black, forming a band which extends backv/ards to the ears, the latter being clothed with whitish hairs. In the Zoological Society's Gardens I have often overheard visitors admiring the beauty of another monkey, deservedly called Cercopithecus diana (fig. 78); the general color of the fur is gray; the chest and inner surface of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. New York : Merrill and Baker
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