Archive image from page 560 of The descent of man . The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex descentofmanseledarw Year: 1874 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 Bre
Archive image from page 560 of The descent of man . The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex descentofmanseledarw Year: 1874 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
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