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V EBTEBRATA. 



',-. Tin- tail is long and usually bushy, but never adapted for prehension : the 

 iod with a soft woolly fur. 



found in great abundance in the forests of Brazil, where they 

 a in :k manm r \. ry similar t<> that of squirrels, which they resemble in appear- 

 ts and fruits, and also on birds and their eggs. Indeed, they seem to be 

 standing which tie} may be easily tamed, and were formerly favorite 

 -. There air numerous species, twenty-five or thirty being already do- 

 ts of travelers, there are doubtless many more -which arc still un- 



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THE CEBID^E. 



dus Howler, Lagothrix, Ateles, and Sajotj, xinderthct\\\c Ilelnpithecus; 



-. and Saki, umler the term Geopithecus ; and under the term Arcto- 



i» : - ■■■■- .■ and 1 "\si akins. We shall notice the principal genera, without entering 



tiik c.ni,i) TAii.r.n HOW1EB. 



which naturalists have made in tin's extensive family of monkeys. It may be 



that the s] ies with prehensile tails have been denominated Sapajotu, 



i terms, once in popular use, arc now generally discarded, as 



pon a natural division of species. 



VLER > 1; " '■ from the Greek, bellowing.— Of this genus, which are the largest 



keys, there are Beveral species remarkable for the powerful development of 



The horrible yells sent forth by these annuals from the depths of the 



by those who have heard them as surpassingly distressing and unearthly. 



1 Bonpland heard them at the distance of half a league. It seems that their cries 



bt. Waterton, in his wanderings in the forests of Guiana, speaks of 



■ appalling sounds, at intervals, from eleven o'clock till daybreak. He says: "You 



that half the wild beasts of the forest were collecting for the work of carnag 

 tremendous roar of the jaguar, as he springs on his prey; now it changes to his 



