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Martin

p. 523 Cercopithecus Diana Upper surface of the body in most parts deep grizzled ashy grey; front of neck & chest onto part of fore legs white; on middle of back a defined triangle of deep chestnut with the base at the root of the tail; a line of white commencing at the root of the tail runs obliquely along the outer side of each thigh to the knee; the lower part of the abdomen & the inner side of the thighs are abruptly of an orange yellow or red;

(No wood cut, but Audebert Singes & Mac. pl. 6. 1797 — gives drawing.) The face & ears intensely black –

"The beauty of its colouring renders it one of the most attractive of the genus; but its frontal crest of white hairs, & its white peaked beard of formal cut give a singular aspect to its physiognomy"

Martin, William Charles Linnaeus. 1841. A general introduction to the natural history of mammiferous animals, etc. London. Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 312-313, n46: "I have seen most of the above-named monkeys in the Zoological Society's Gardens. The description of the Semnopithecus namæus is taken from Mr. W. C. Martin's 'Nat. Hist. of Mammalia,' 1841, p. 460; see also p. 475, 523."

Audebert, J. B. 1797. Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis. Paris.