168 APES, MONKEYS, AND LEMURS 



alarm, biting severely, striking out its little hands, and making a hissing noise 

 like a cat." As is so frequently the case with small pets, this animal came to an 

 untimely end, having been killed by the fierce attack of a sapajou monkey, as 

 already related. 



OTHER SPECIES 



The feline douroucouli (N. votiferans) takes its Latin name from the 

 u " loud cry characteristic of all the monkeys of this genus. It is closely 

 allied to the last species, from which it is distinguished by the cir- 

 cumstance that the three dark bands on the forehead meet on the top of the fore- 

 head itself, instead of continuing separately to the crown. It is an inhabitant of 

 Brazil, dwelling in the same forests as the three-banded douroucouli, but always 

 remaining separate. 



Mr. Bates mentions that he once came across a perfectly tame individual of this 

 douroucouli, belonging to the judge of Ega. It is described as being as lively and 

 nimble as the sapajous, but far less mischievous, and more confiding in its disposi- 

 tion, delighting in being caressed by all visitors to the house of its owner, among 

 .whom it was a great favorite from the prettiness of its appearance, and its gentle 

 ways. It was only, however, by great attention and kindness, continued for many 

 weeks, that the owner of this little monkey had been able to make it so perfectly 

 tame. 



The broad-tailed, or lemurine douroucouli (TV. lemurinus), derives 

 D .. its name from its broad and bushy tail, in which the hairs spread out 



on either side like those in the tail of a squirrel. It is further char- 

 acterized by the greater length of the hair on the head and body, and also by the 

 presence of a round pale-colored spot over each eye, separated by a broad dark 

 median line ; the three frontal bands of the first two species being wanting. This 

 douroucouli is an inhabitant of Colombia, but we have not met with an account of 

 its habits, which are, however, doubtless, much the same as those of the other 

 species. 



THE SQUIRREL-MONKEYS 

 Genus Chrysothrix 



The pretty little squirrel-monkeys comprise a small group of species closely 

 allied to the under-mentioned titis (under which name those of the group are often 

 included), but distinguished by several important features. In the first place, the 

 eyes are very large, approaching in this respect those of the douroucoulis, from 

 which these monkeys are, however, distinguished by the wide partition between 

 the nostrils, and the peculiar form of the head. The peculiarity in the shape of the 

 head consists in its great elongation from front to back ; the aperture by which the 

 spinal cord passes out from the brain to the backbone being situated far in advance 



