96 CEBUS 



Cebus monachus F. Cuv., Hist. N^at. Mamm., livr. XIX, 1820, pi. ; 



Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. SuppL, I, 1840, p. 208 ; Less., Spec. 



Mamm., 1840, p. 151 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, 1894, p. 209. 

 Cebus xanthocephalus Spix, Simiar. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 6, 



pi. CXIV; Temm., Mon. Mamm., 1827, p. XIV; Less., Spec. 



Mamm., 1840, p. 149 ; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit- 

 eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 50. 

 Cebus cucullatus Spix, Simiar. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 9, pi. VI ; 



Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 209 ; Less., Spec. 



Mamm., 1840, p. 142 ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 



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



Mus., 1870, p. 52, juv. 

 Cebus (Eucebus) robustus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 



1862, p. 32, pi. VII, figs. 88, 91. 

 Cebus {Eucebus) cucullatus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 



1862, p. 39, pi. VII, fig. 93. 

 Cebus (Eucebus) variegatus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 



1862, p. 56, pi. VI, fig. 92. 

 Cebus (Eucebus) monachus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 



1862, p. 56, pi. VII, figs. 90, 91. 

 Cebus subcristatus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 827; Id. 



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



1870, p. 52, Juv. 



VARIEGATED CAPUCHIN. 



Type locality. Brazil. Type unknown. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern Brazil from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro, Rio 

 Mucuri, (Wied) ; Bahia, (I. Geoffrey) ; forests near Rio de Janeiro, 

 (Spix). 



Genl. Char. Hair on top of head short, no tufts ; size moderate, 

 face bare. 



Color. Top of head black, the hairs being yellowish with black 

 tips ; a line from temples down each side of face meeting under the chin 

 dark reddish brown ; patch in front of ears, and sides of head behind 

 ears, yellowish white; back of neck and upper parts black; the hairs 

 being slate at root, then golden yellow, and tips black. It is the tips 

 that give the general color to the upper parts, but the golden yellow 

 shows through in spots. Shoulders and arms to elbow yellowish white, 

 (this color probably faded from a richer yellow), numerous hairs 

 tipped with brownish black ; forearms, hands, hind limbs, feet and tail 

 brownish black ; very little hairs remain on under parts, those on the 

 chest yellowish white, and those on side of belly with a reddish tinge. 



