CHAPTER VI.

THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS (_continued_)--THE GUENONS.

THE GUENONS--Where they are Found--Early Notices of them--Resemblance to the Colobi and Macaques--Distinctive Peculiarity of the Group--Often seen in Menageries--Their Terror of Snakes--Peculiar Expression of the Face--Beauty of their Skins--Minor Divisions of the Guenons--THE DIANA MONKEY--Origin of the Name--Anecdotes of their Mischief--THE MONA MONKEY--Description of one at Paris--THE WHITE-NOSED MONKEY--Origin of the Name--THE TALAPOIN--Anatomical Peculiarities--THE GREEN MONKEY--Found in Senegal in abundance--THE RED-BELLIED MONKEY--THE RED MONKEY--Observed by Bruce--THE MANGABEY--Singularity of its Appearance--Special Structural Peculiarities 103