54 MAMMALIA. QUADRUMANA. 



Var. A. Fur white, with the summit of the head and the hind legs of a pale red- 

 dish gray. 



Var B. Fur fine, undulated hair of a dirty yellowish uniform white, and colour 

 a little deeper in the feet and tail. Inhabits Guiana. 



C.frontatus, Desm. Kuhl. (Simla trepida, Lin.) The Fearful Mon- 

 key. Of an almost uniform black brown colour, with the top of 

 the head and the extremities of the members of a deeper shade; 

 hair of the forehead raised perpendicularly,, very erect ; scatter- 

 ed white hairs around the mouth and on the anterior hands. 

 About 15 inches long. Country unknown, 



C. niger, Desm. Geoff. The black Sapajou. Fur deep brown ; 

 face, hands, and tail black ; forehead and posterior part of the 

 cheeks covered with yellowish hair. 



M. Humboldt unites this species with that of the brown Sapajou. Country un- 

 known. Buff. Suppl. vii. t. 28. 



C. variegatus, Desm. Geoff. The Variegated Sapajou. Fur black- 

 ish, spotted with golden yellow, belly reddish ; hair of the back 

 of three colours, the roots brown, then red, and the apex black ; 

 head round ; snout projecting ; interocular region of a blackish 

 brown. About 15 inches in length Country unknown. 



C.fulvus. Desm. (Cebus Jlamis, Geoff. Simla flava, Schreb.) The 

 Yellow Sapajou. Fur entirely fawn-coloured ; hair silky and 

 erect, not waved. Inhabits Brazil Schreb. t. 31, B. 



C. albifrons, Desm. Geoff. White-fronted Sapajou. Fur gray, 

 brighter on the belly ; summit of the head black ; forehead and 

 orbits white ; extremities of a yellowish brown. About 14 inches 

 long. Inhabits the banks of the Orinoco. 



C. lunatus, Desm. Kuhl. The Spectacle Sapajou. A cross white 

 band upon each cheek, reaching from the eyebrows to the mouth. 

 About the size of the apella. 



C. xanthosternos, Desm. Kuhl. The yellow-breasted Sapajou. Fur 

 chestnut-coloured ; under the neck and breast of a clear reddish 

 yellow. Inhabits Brazil. 



C. fatuellus, Desm. (Simia fatuellus, Lin.) The Horned Sapajou. 

 Fur on the back chestnut coloured ; bright red under the belly ; 

 extremities and tail of a brown black ; two strong tufts of hair 

 rising from the forehead. About 14 inches long. Inhabits Guiana. 

 Shaw, i. pi. 28. 



C. cirrifer, Geoff. Desm. The Crowned Sapajou. Fur chestnut 

 brown ; vertex, extremities, and tail of a chestnut colour, verging 

 to black ; a tuft of elevated hair of a horse shoe form on the top 

 of the head; head round. About 16 inches long. Inhabits 

 Brazil. 



C. capucinus, Desm. (Simia capucina, Lin.) Capuchin Monkey. 

 Fur varying from brown gray to olive gray ; crown of the head 

 and extremities black ; forehead, cheeks, and shoulders of a whit- 



