THE CAPUCHINS. 21 9 



front of shoulders and of arms and outer side of legs, yellowish. 

 Digits long and very slender. 



Distribution. — Brazil. 



XVI, THE CAPPED CAPUCHIN. CEBUS CAPILLATUS. 



Cebus capillatiis^ Gray, P. Z. S., 1865, p. 827, fig. i; id. Cat. 



Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 52 (1870). 

 } Cebus fronfatus, SchL, Mus. Pays BaSj viii , p. 206 (1876, part.). 

 Characters. — Hairs of head elongate, diverging in all di- 

 rections ; fur long, brown, slightly washed with yellow, more 

 markedly on the thighs ; sides of forehead paler ; sides of neck, 

 outer sides of shoulders and arms, fulvous ; crown and nape of 

 neck, blackish. 



Distriljution. — Brazil. 



XVII. AZARA's CAPUCHIN. CEBUS AZARi^. 



" Le Cay^'' Azara, Essais Hist. Nat. Quadr. Prov. Paraguay, ii., 



p. 230 (1801). 

 Cehus azarce, Rengger, Naturg. Saugeth., Paraguay, p. 26 

 (1830). 

 Characters. — Top of head black, with a band of the same 

 colour passing in front of the ears, and terminating on the 

 lower jaw ; forehead, temples, and face, white ; ear-tufts white ; 

 chin, throat, and upper side of feet white ; upper side of tail, 

 anterior part of the fore-feet and ankles, dusky ; rest of body 

 brown, lighter on the sides, becoming yellowish on the 

 rump, the lower part of the body, and the under side of the 

 tail. Length of the body, 17 inches; of the tail, i'9 inches. 



Female. — Paler in colour above than the male ; the dark 

 colour of the tail and of the limbs more extended. 



