1 52 APES AND MONKEYS. 



hair on the crown of the head is nearly flat, and directed backwards; this 

 form having been described as C. apella. In the other variety, as shown in 

 the left - hand figure of the accompanying engraving, the hair *on the sides of 

 the crown of the head is lengthened, so as to form a pair of more or less 

 distinct longitudinal crests; this variety being hence known as the horned 

 sapajou. 



Although subject to great individual variation in this respect, the general 

 colour of the thick and rather harsh fur is reddish-brown, becoming darker on the 

 middle of the back, as well as on the legs and tail. The fore-arms, together with a 



THE HORNED SAPAJOU AND THE WEEPER SAPAJOU (& liat. Size). 



broad spot on the crown of the head and the whiskers, are nearly or quite black ; 

 while the front of the shoulders is yellowish. It is on either side of the dark spot 

 on the crown of the head that the crests are situated in the "horned" variety. 

 The face and other naked parts have a violet tinge. 



This sapajou has been long known to science, a specimen having been exhibited 

 in the King's Menagerie at Paris soon after the middle of the last century, and 

 described by the French naturalist Brisson. Another example, described by 

 Frederic Cuvier, was exhibited in the same collection in the year 1820. It is in 

 winter, when the fur is longest, that the crests of the " horned " variety become 

 most prominent ; these never making their appearance until the animal has cut its 



