THE DOUROUCOLIS. 1 69 



Nydipitheciis felinus^ Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus., p. 14 

 (1843); Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., 214 (1876). 



Characters. — Fur of body and head long ; tail depressed, 

 broad, with the ha"r bushy and spreading on the sides as in a 

 Squirrel. Head presenting a dark frontal area with a round 

 white spot over each eye. 



Distribution. — The Lemurine Douroucolis are found in Colom- 

 bia and in Upper Amazonia ; at Macas, on the eastern side 

 of the Andes ; and on the upper branches of the main streams 

 of the Amazon, as far as a congenial habitat is met with. 



III. THE RED-FOOTED DOUROUCOLI.* NYCTIPITHECUS 



RUFIPES. 



Nyctipithecus rufipes^ Sclater, P. Z. S., 1872, p. 3, pi. i. 



Nyctipithecus vociferans^ Spix, Sim. et Vespert. Bras., p. 25, 



pi. 19 (1823 ; part); Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 214 



(1876 ; part). 



{Plate XVII.) 



Characters. — Above grey, slightly washed on the back with 

 rufous ; under side reddish fulvous ; three vertical black stripes 

 on the head, similar to N. trivirgatus, but much less distinct, 

 narrower, and showing a prominent triangular white patch over 

 each eye ; ears large and prominent, almost nude (perhaps the 

 result of captivity). Hands and feet rufous ; tail short-haired, 

 cylindrical ; the basal half rufous, the remainder reddish- 

 black. Length of the body, 11 inches; and of the tail, 16 

 inches. The absence of the long chestnut patch on the back 

 distinguishes N. rufipes from N. trivirgatus^ and its paler colour 

 and the indistinctness of its head-stripes, separate it from N. 

 fdiniis. 



Distribution. — Nicaragua ; San Juan del Norte. 



* " Red-footed Night-Monkey," on plate. 



