ALOUATTA 27S 



Mycetes fuscus Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 29; Desm., Mamm., 



1820, p. 78; Spix, Simiar. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 43, pi. 



XXX; Wagn., Schreb, Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 180; V, 



1855, p. 67. 

 Mycetes flavicaudatus Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 30; Desm., 



Mamm., 1820, p. 79; Tschudi, Faun. Peruan., 1844, p. 38; 



Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p 70. 

 Cebus ursinus Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 43. 

 Cebus flavicaudata Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 44. 

 Mycetes bicolor Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XVI, 1845, p. 219 ; 



Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 



1870, p. 40. 

 Mycetes flavicauda Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 



66, no fig. ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 147. 

 Alouatta ursina Slack, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1862, p. 517; 



Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 193. 



BROWN HOWLER. 



Type locality. Venezuela, (Humboldt). 



Geogr. Distr. Venezuela, Nouvelle Andalousie et de la Nouvelle 

 Barcelone, et les bords du Bas Orinique Maratime, (Humboldt) ; dis- 

 tricts of Brazil from Espirito Santo to Bahia; Peru, (Tschudi). 



Genl. Char. Head and body uniform coloration. 



Color. Male. Face black; head and body shining yellowish or 

 golden red, passing into a darker red upon the limbs, hands and tail ; 

 whiskers bright lunber red ; the beard black ; narrow line of hairs on 

 center of chest, widening upon the abdomen, blackish red-brown akin 

 to chestnut; basal half of tail above burnt umber, hairs tipped with 

 golden, remainder shining golden red ; dorsal line slightly darker than 

 flanks ; feet blackish brown. Young uniform black. 



Measurements. Male. Skull : occipito-nasal length, 103 ; total 

 length, 121; Hensel, 106; intertemporal width, 42; palatal length, 43; 

 zygomatic width, 78 ; breadth of braincase, 53 ; median length of nasals, 

 19 ; length of upper molar series, 33 ; length of mandible, 97 ; length of 

 lower molar series, 40. Vertebrae, Cerv. 7, Dor. 14, L. 5, S. 3. Espirito 

 Santo specimen. 



There are only six adult males, one immature male, one adult 

 female and two immature examples in the British Museum, that I can 

 satisfactorily determine to be this species. They were all collected with 

 two exceptions, by Robert, at Engenheiro Reeve, Espirito Santo, and 

 Roca Nova, Parana, Brazil, and one from Barri, Rio Negro, Collector 

 unknown. The adults from Espirito Santo resemble each other in 



