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FAMILY CEBID.E. SAJOUS AND SAKIS. 



ceding genera. The thumb is present on all the extremities. 

 These Monkeys are for the most part of small size, and are very 



FIG. 76. WHITE-THROATED SAJOU. 



lively and docile in their tempers, as well as active in their 

 movements; but they are somewhat capricious in their dis- 

 positions. In their native forests, they live in troops ; 

 feeding on fruits, grain, eggs, and insects, in obtaining 

 which they display great address. They have been termed 

 Weepers, from the plaintive, piping noise which many of them 

 utter. 



1 60. In the other genera of CebidaB, the tail is but very 

 little, or not at all, prehensile, although it is frequently of con- 

 siderable size. This is the case with the genus Pithecia, which 

 includes the Sakis, or Fox-tailed Monkeys ; these animals live in 

 small troops of ten or twelve individuals, usually residing in the 

 outskirts of forests, bordering rivers; and, like the Howlers, 

 utter loud cries before sunrise and after sunset. They display 

 a morose and savage temper ; menacing the offender with their 



