ANECDOTES OF SPIDER-MONKEYS. 83 



THE GOLD-BROWED APE. 



Bartlett's Monkey, Ateks bartlcttU, is the prettiest of all the spider- 

 monkeys. Its hair is long, of a deep black color on the back, and 

 brownish-yellow on the belly ; its whiskers are white, and across the 

 brow runs a golden-yellow band. From this remarkable feature it de- 

 rives an additional name to that given it in honor of its discoverer, and 

 is styled the Gold-browed Ape. 



IV.— GENUS ERIODES. 



This genus, containing only three species, is intermediate between the 

 two previous genera, and is confined to the Eastern parts of Brazil, South 

 of the Equator. 



THE MIRIKI. 



The MiRlKI, Eriodes liypoxantlius (Plate II, Spider Monkey), inhabits 

 vtie interior of Brazil, and is the largest of the Brazilian monkeys. It is 

 strongly built, small-headed, short-necked, long-limbed, and thickly-haired. 

 Its hair yellowish ; the face in middle age flesh-colored, in old age gray. 

 The hair of this species is very thick, short, and furry, of a tolerably uni- 

 form brown tint over the head, body, and limbs, the paws being much 

 darker than the rest of the animal. There is a slight moustache formed 

 by a continuation of the long black hairs which are scantil}' planted on 

 the chin and face. On account of the thick coating of fur with which 

 the skin of this animal is covered, water has but little effect upon it. 

 Knowing this wet-repellent property, the hunters of Brazil are accus- 

 tomed to make the skin of the Miriki into cases wherewith to cover the 

 locks of their guns on rainy days. 



This species is easily distinguishable from its companions by the 

 presence of a better developed thumb on the fore-paws than falls to the 

 lot of spider-monkeys generally. 



The characteristics of these species are in the main the same. They 

 are all climbers, and endowed with the same faculty of using the tail as a 

 fifth hand. The stor}' told b}' the old travelers, Dacosta and Dampierre, 

 of their forming a bridge across rivers, has been doubted by later ob- 



