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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.98 
  

  

  he 
  cited 
  Linnaeus, 
  1758, 
  and 
  Linnaeus, 
  1766. 
  His 
  other 
  references 
  

   (not 
  known 
  to 
  Erxleben) 
  make 
  Elliot's 
  capucinus 
  a 
  composite 
  of 
  all 
  

   species 
  of 
  the 
  genus. 
  Erxleben 
  also 
  cited 
  both 
  Lionaean 
  references. 
  

   His 
  description 
  and 
  synonymy 
  of 
  capucinus 
  are 
  equally 
  vague 
  and 
  all 
  

   inclusive. 
  As 
  Erxleben's 
  capucinus 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  restricted 
  

   (opinion 
  91) 
  to 
  the 
  original 
  Linnaean, 
  or 
  1758, 
  reference, 
  it 
  follows 
  that 
  

   the 
  capucinus 
  designated 
  by 
  Elliot 
  as 
  genotype 
  must 
  also 
  be 
  restricted 
  

   to 
  Erxleben's 
  citation 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  reference, 
  namely, 
  Simia 
  capucina 
  

   Linnaeus, 
  1758. 
  

  

  Simia 
  flavia 
  Schreber 
  (1774, 
  pi. 
  xxxib). 
  The 
  monkey 
  is 
  figured 
  but 
  

   not 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  text. 
  The 
  name 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  earliest 
  available 
  

   one 
  for 
  the 
  albifrons 
  group 
  providing 
  the 
  figure 
  could 
  be 
  positively 
  

   identified 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  Cebus. 
  Except 
  for 
  its 
  nearly 
  white 
  coronal 
  cap, 
  

   the 
  figure 
  might 
  be 
  identified 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  paler 
  representatives 
  

   of 
  the 
  "untufted" 
  group 
  of 
  Cebus 
  such 
  as 
  unicolor 
  and 
  specimens 
  at 
  

   hand 
  from 
  dry 
  areas 
  of 
  northern 
  Colombia 
  and 
  from 
  Trinidad. 
  

   Nothing 
  is 
  known 
  of 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  specimen 
  oi 
  flavia. 
  

   In 
  all 
  probability 
  the 
  type 
  was 
  a 
  menagerie 
  animal, 
  reared 
  in 
  captivity 
  

   and 
  with 
  characters 
  so 
  abnormal, 
  or 
  so 
  divergent 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  its 
  

   nearest 
  relatives 
  in 
  the 
  wild 
  state, 
  that 
  no 
  justice 
  would 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  

   attempting 
  to 
  compare 
  it 
  with 
  other 
  described 
  forms 
  or 
  with 
  normal 
  

   individuals. 
  It 
  is 
  here 
  deemed 
  best 
  to 
  agree 
  with 
  Cabrera 
  (1917a, 
  

   p. 
  232) 
  in 
  regarding 
  Simia 
  flavia 
  as 
  unidentifiable. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  

   as 
  Cercopithecus 
  flavus 
  Boddaert 
  ("Elenchus 
  Animalium," 
  vol, 
  1, 
  p. 
  59, 
  

   1784) 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  from 
  "Guinea." 
  

  

  Cebus 
  lugubris 
  Erxleben 
  (1777, 
  p. 
  53). 
  Described 
  as 
  "Magnitudo 
  

   Capucini 
  Totus 
  niger. 
  Fades 
  ferruginea, 
  cum 
  circumjerentia 
  usque 
  

   in 
  pedes 
  anticos. 
  Est 
  in 
  muario 
  Sereniss. 
  Principis 
  Hassiae, 
  

   Cassellis. 
  Mitis. 
  A 
  nemine 
  descriptus, 
  quantum 
  video." 
  Lesson 
  (1840, 
  

   p. 
  148) 
  cited 
  lugubris 
  in 
  the 
  synon3nny 
  of 
  "variete 
  C," 
  of 
  Cebus 
  capu- 
  

   cinus. 
  However, 
  Erxleben's 
  animal 
  cannot 
  certainly 
  be 
  identified 
  

   with 
  C. 
  capucinus 
  of 
  Linnaeus 
  or 
  of 
  authors, 
  or 
  even 
  as 
  a 
  Cebus, 
  

   Humboldt 
  (1812, 
  p. 
  335) 
  had 
  aheady 
  recommended 
  the 
  suppression 
  

   of 
  the 
  name 
  lugubris 
  (also 
  morta, 
  trepida, 
  and 
  syrichta) 
  as 
  unidentifiable. 
  

  

  S[imia] 
  Sapajus 
  capucinus 
  albulus 
  Kerr 
  (1792, 
  p. 
  78). 
  Kerr's 
  

   description 
  of 
  capucinus 
  (sensu 
  stricto) 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  page 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  

   "tufted" 
  Cebus, 
  or 
  C. 
  apella, 
  and 
  albulus 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  agree 
  with 
  it 
  in 
  

   every 
  respect 
  except 
  by 
  its 
  "having 
  less 
  hair 
  aroimd 
  the 
  face." 
  The 
  

   complete 
  description 
  of 
  albulus, 
  however, 
  is 
  a 
  composite 
  of 
  "tufted" 
  and 
  

   brown 
  "untufted" 
  cebids. 
  The 
  latter 
  element 
  of 
  the 
  composition 
  is 
  

   attributable 
  to 
  Kerr's 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  "Sai 
  with 
  a 
  White 
  Throat" 
  

   described 
  and 
  figured 
  in 
  Smellie's 
  translation 
  of 
  Buff 
  on's 
  Natural 
  His- 
  

   tory. 
  The 
  original 
  sa'i 
  d 
  gorge 
  blanche 
  of 
  Buffon 
  and 
  Daubenton 
  is 
  a 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  pale-fronted 
  Cebus, 
  almost 
  certainly 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  Simia 
  

  

  