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assured took the place of B. calvus^ at i8o miles northward 

 from the mouth of the Japura. 



Halit3. — Living in the high trees of the forest, feeding on 

 fruits ; and not differing in habits from those of the other 

 species of the genus, which are referred to below. 



II. THE RED UAKARI. BRACHYURUS RUBICUNDUS. 



Brachyuriis rubicundus^ Is. Geoffr. and Dev., C. R., xxvii., p. 



498 (1848) ; Is. Geoffr., Arch. Mus., v., p. 564, pi. 30 



(1845); Castelnau, Exped. Amer. Sud, Mamm., p. 19, pi. 



4, fig. 2 (1855); W. A. Forbes, P. Z. S., 1880, p. 646, 



pis. ixi., ixii. 

 Ouakaria rubicunda^ Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 62 



(1870). 

 Pithecia rubicunda^ Schleg., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 228 (1876). 



Characters. — Face, chin, lips, forehead, and sides of face, bare 

 (except for a few superciliary hairs, and scant representatives 

 of moustache and beard), all bright vermilion red, deepening 

 with emotion. Eyes brown ; ears square in shape, without 

 a lobule ; hair on top of head short, silky, and grey ; that on the 

 side of the lower jaw and throat long and rich chestnut-red, 

 running forward as far as the symphysis, and forming whiskers. 

 Hair of upper surface of body entirely rich chestnut-red, more 

 or less black-tipped and long, especially on the shoulders and 

 limbs ; hair of head, nape, and neck paler than on the rest of 

 the body ; tail, haired below at tip, rich chestnut-red ; under 

 surface of body rich chestnut-red, and less hairy. The fur in 

 general colour and texture resembles that of the Orang, the 

 red hair, continued on to the limbs and tail, being particularly 

 long on the arms and shoulders (forming a sort of cape), and 



