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V. THE BROWN CAPUCHIN. CEBUS FATUELLUS. 



Si7nia trepida^ Linn., Syst. Nat, i., p. 39 (1766). 



Simla apella, Linn., Syst. Nat, i., p. 42 (1766). 



Simla fatuellus^ Linn., Syst Nat., i., p. 42 (1766). 



Cebus fatuellus^ Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 109 (181 2). 



Cebus apella^ Geoffr., t. c. p. 109 (1812) ; Gray, Cat. Monkeys 



Brit Mus., p. 48 (1870); Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 



199 (1876). 

 Cebus macrocephalus^ Spix, Sim. et Vespert, Bras., p. 3, pi. i 



1823). 



Characters.— Fur thick, hctrsh ; hair of crown short, reflexed ; 

 on the sides of the crown a dark spot, elongated and elevated 

 into two longer or shorter crests, according to the season and 

 the age of the animal. General colour reddish-brown, darker en 

 the hind-limbs, tail, and middle of the back ; fore-arms, crown- 

 spot, and whiskers, black ; front of shoulders greyish or yellow j 

 Face naked, purplish flesh-colour. 



This species is subject to great individual variation. Its 

 general colour is sometimes pale yellowish, with the whiskers 

 yellow. 



Distribution. — Brazil ; Guiana, near the coast ; on the moun- 

 tains of the Upper Magdalena Valley ; Tolima, U.S. Colombia, 

 from 5,000 to 7,000 ft 



Habits.— This species, called " Mico Maizero " by the inhabi- 

 tants of Tolima, lives as all the Cebl do, in considerable troops 

 in the forests. When wild, it is restless and destructive, but in 

 captivity it is docile and affectionate. 



VI. THE VARIEGATED CAPUCHIN. CEBUS VARIEGATUS. 



Cebus varlegatus, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. iii (181 2). 



p 2 



