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and are probably only differently coloured individuals of one and 

 the same species. I sent home a very large male of one of these 

 kinds, which measured 27 inches in length of trunk, the tail being 

 26 inches long ; it was the largest monkey I saw in America, with 

 the exception of a black Howler, Avhose body was 28 inches in 

 height. The skin of the face in the Barrigudo is black and 

 wrinkled, the forehead is low, with the eyebrows projecting. . . . 

 In the forests the Barrigudo is not a very active animal ; it lives 

 exclusively on fruits, and is much persecuted by the Indians on 



Fig. 342.— Humboldt's Lagothrix (Lagothrix foivniboldti). From Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, pi. 31. 



account of the excellence of its flesh as food." Five species are 

 usually recognised, viz. L. canu^, L. Immboldti, L. castelnaui, L. 

 tschudii, and L. geoffroyi. 



Cebus. 1 — Form rather robust ; limbs moderate ; fur not woolly ; 

 pollex well developed ; tail not naked beneath distally. 



This, the typical, genus includes the Sapajous or Capuchins 

 (Fig. 343), which are so commonly seen in this country in captivity, 

 being the favourite Monkeys of itinerant musicians. They are 

 smaller and stouter in build than the Spider Monkeys, from which 

 they are readily distinguished by the well-developed pollex, and 

 the absence of a naked under surface to the extremity of the tail. 



1 Krxleben, Syst. Rigne Animal, p. 44 (1777). 



